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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs, born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, was a visionary entrepreneur, inventor, and co-founder of Apple Inc., whose innovations revolutionized multiple industries, including personal computing, music, and telecommunications. Renowned for his relentless pursuit of perfection, Jobs played a pivotal role in the development of groundbreaking products such as the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Mac, which not only transformed technology but also reshaped modern culture. His unique ability to blend technology with art and design set new standards for innovation and user experience. Despite facing numerous challenges throughout his career, including being ousted from Apple only to return and lead it to unprecedented success, Jobs remained a driving force in the tech world until his passing on October 5, 2011. His legacy endures as a symbol of creativity, innovation, and the power of following one’s passion.

  • “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” — Steve Jobs
  • “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Stay hungry, stay foolish.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” — Steve Jobs
  • “I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Creativity is just connecting things.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful—that’s what matters to me.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” — Steve Jobs
  • “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” — Steve Jobs
  • “My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.” — Steve Jobs
  • “For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’” — Steve Jobs
  • “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” — Steve Jobs
  • “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” — Steve Jobs
  • “If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” — Steve Jobs
  • “I want to put a ding in the universe.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs
  • “The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.” — Steve Jobs
  • “I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.” — Steve Jobs
  • “I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Innovation is the only way to win.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday.” — Steve Jobs
  • “I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” — Steve Jobs
  • “We’re just enthusiastic about what we do.” — Steve Jobs
  • “I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love.” — Steve Jobs
  • “I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat.” — Steve Jobs
  • “We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.” — Steve Jobs
  • “When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.” — Steve Jobs
  • “I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” — Steve Jobs
  • “If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today?” — Steve Jobs
  • “We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and everyone should be really excellent. Because this is our life.” — Steve Jobs
  • “I’ve always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don’t know why. Because they’re harder. They’re much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you’ve completely failed.” — Steve Jobs
  • “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are.” — Steve Jobs
  • “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology – not the other way around.” — Steve Jobs
  • “In the broadest context, the goal is to seek enlightenment – however you define it.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Don’t settle.” — Steve Jobs
  • “We’re just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people—as remarkable as the telephone.” — Steve Jobs
  • “That’s been one of my mantras—focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.” — Steve Jobs
  • “When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest.” — Steve Jobs
  • “We do no market research. We don’t hire consultants. We just want to make great products.” — Steve Jobs
  • “If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” — Steve Jobs
  • “If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Great artists ship.” — Steve Jobs
  • “One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.” — Steve Jobs
  • “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” — Steve Jobs
  • “My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.” — Steve Jobs
  • “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” — Steve Jobs
  • “Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” — Steve Jobs
  • “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Creativity is just connecting things.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” — Steve Jobs
  • “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful—that’s what matters to me.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs
  • “You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.” — Steve Jobs
  • “I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” — Steve Jobs
  • “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” — Steve Jobs
  • “For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’” — Steve Jobs
  • “We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and everyone should be really excellent. Because this is our life.” — Steve Jobs
  • “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat.” — Steve Jobs
  • “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” — Steve Jobs
  • “The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.” — Steve Jobs

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