30 Famous Steve Jobs Quotes on Leadership, Work and Technology
Steven Paul Jobs more commonly known as Steve Jobs was an American marketer, entrepreneur, and an inventor, who co-founded, and chaired the great Apple Inc. Through his great ideas in Apple, he became widely known as a great pioneer of the revolution of personal computer and also for his excellent and forceful career in consumer electronics fields, in which he transformed and changed the dynamics of one industry after another, ranging from all types of electronic equipment including computers, smartphones, music, movies and many others.
Not only this, but he also co-founded Pixar Animation Studios; of which he joined the board of directors, technically of The Walt Disney Company when Disney acquired Pixar. Steve Jobs was the first person who saw the commercial potential of Xerox PARC mouse driven GUI, leading to the invention of Apple Lisa and then later, the famous Apple Macintosh.
Steve Jobs was also involved in inventing the LaserWriter, which led to the commercial success of laser printers, in the market. His devotion to the animation through Walt Disney Pixar is also well known and was credited in the famous Toy Story movie in the year 1995 as an executive producer.
Steve Jobs was the person who brought Apple Inc. from almost bankruptcy to a profitable company by the year 1998. He oversaw the development of the iTunes, iPod, iMac, iPhone, and iPad, which are a huge success all over the world. Apple is now one of the most valuable companies in America and its products are recognized world-wide.
Here are some of the famous Steve Jobs quotes for you. His death left the world with one less true genius.
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” I think the artistry is in having an insight into what one sees around them. Generally putting things together in a way no one else has before and finding a way to express that to other people who don’t have that insight. “
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” All I ask is that today, you do the best work of your entire life. “
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” Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. “
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” If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today? “
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” Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. “
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” Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when you are influencing the future. “
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” The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do. “
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” Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. “
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” Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become. “
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” Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. “
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” 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. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. “
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” It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy. “
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” Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It’s life’s change agent. “
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” Stay hungry, stay foolish. “
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” The only way to do great work is to love what you do. “
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” Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. “
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” 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. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. “
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” We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here? “
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” Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. “
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” You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. “
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” Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living somebody else’s life. “
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” Older people sit down and ask, ‘ What is it? ‘ but the boy asks, ‘ What can I do with it ‘? “
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” I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. “
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” Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do. “
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” The only way to do great work is to love what you do. “
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” 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. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. “
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” Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. “
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” 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. “
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” The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. “
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” Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. “
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” Almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. 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. “
