99 Steve Jobs Quotes That Will Inspire You To Do Something Meaningful Everyday
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs, who digitalized a plain-looking apple into high-tech 'i-Phones' was an American inventor, businessman and industrial designer. We remember him as the Chairman, CEO and co-founder and majority shareholder (5.5 million) of Apple Inc. A pioneer of 1970's microcomputer revolution, Jobs gave us the 'ease of secure internet accessibility' with Apple II, Apple Lisa, iPad, iPod, iMac, iTunes, Next and Macintosh computers. Job's untamed drive and passion for perfection gave a boost to music, browsing, digital publishing and tablet computing. Modern-day digital marketing industry thrives on Job's 'Think Different' initiative. Life was always hard for this 2.65 GPA scorer. Using his friend's dormitory as a temporary shelter, Jobs survived on temple meals, LSD experimentation and petty jobs until he got his first break. Regardless of being a college dropout, he was street-smart. Steve unfortunately died of pancreatic neuro-endocrine tumor in October 2011, but he'll live in our memories as a youth icon, excellent boss and visionary designer. His simplicity, innovation and ideas inspire younger generations to think beyond their comfort zone. We have compiled Steve Jobs famous quotes from many of his lectures and speeches, that also give a glimpse into his day-to-day work ethic and how he managed to do as much as he did. These quotes will definitely help you reach your career goals. Here are some of Steve Job's most inspirational quotes, which give an insight into the man, his mind and his unique philosophy on approaching life.
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.
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.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice." [Stanford University commencement speech, 2005]
If you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right
You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
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. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.
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.
Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
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.
Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.
Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
I've been rejected, but I am still in love.
Think Different
Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?
Creativity is just connecting things.
Focusing is about saying No.
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.
The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again.
And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.... Don't settle
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.
Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
Everything is important- that success is in the details.
Things don't have to change the world to be important.
The journey is the reward
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
