40 Best Steve Jobs Quotes
Get inspired by these powerful Steve Jobs quotes that motivate innovation, creativity, and success in your personal and professional life.
1. Innovation and Creativity
- “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
- “Creativity is just connecting things.”
- “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
- “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
- “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.”
- “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”
- “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
- “Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”
- “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
- “Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right.”
2. Life and Success
- “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.”
- “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
- “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’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”
- “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
- “The journey is the reward.”
- “Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
- “I want to put a ding in the universe.”
- “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
3. Work Ethic and Passion
- “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.”
- “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.”
- “I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done.”
- “Innovation comes from saying no to 1,000 things.”
- “Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn.”
- “My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”
- “I want to make a contribution to the world.”
- “Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”
- “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
4. Inspiration and Vision
- “Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.”
- “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?”
- “Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”
- “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
- “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
- “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.”
- “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
- “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”
- “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
- “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
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