Steve Jobs Quotes

Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc., was not just a visionary entrepreneur but also a profound thinker whose ideas revolutionized the technology industry.

His words continue to inspire and motivate people from all walks of life. In this collection, we are sharing 49 best quotes from Steve Jobs, each offering a glimpse into his remarkable perspective on life, innovation, and success. From his emphasis on creativity and perseverance to his belief in the power of simplicity and passion, Steve Jobs left an indelible mark on the world with his relentless pursuit of excellence.

Here are the 49 best Steve Jobs quotes:

“Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”
“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
“Innovation comes from saying no to 1,000 things.”
“Stay foolish to stay hungry for new ideas.”
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
“Creativity is just connecting things.”
“I want to put a ding in the universe.”
“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
“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.”
“The people who think they are crazy enough to change the world are the ones who do.”
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
“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.”
“It’s not the customer’s job to know what they want.”
“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and everyone should be really excellent. Because this is our life.”
“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.”
“The journey is the reward.”
“My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”
“Remember, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
“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.”
“Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.”
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”
“My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other, and the total was greater than the sum of the parts.”
“We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.”
“Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.”
“The products suck! There’s no sex in them anymore!”
“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.”
“I’m sorry, it’s true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We’re born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It’s been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much – if at all.”
“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”
“I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.”
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.”
“You’ve got to find what you love.”
“We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn’t build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves.”
“Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right.”
“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.”
“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.”
“We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?”
“Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
“I don’t really care about being right, I just care about success. That’s the only right.”
“If you don’t love something, you’re not going to go the extra mile, work the extra weekend, challenge the status quo as much.”
“The doers are the major thinkers. The people that really create the things that change this industry are both the thinker and doer in one person.”
“Picasso had a saying – ‘good artists copy, great artists steal’ – and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.”

These quotes offer a glimpse into the visionary mind of Steve Jobs and the philosophies that shaped his approach to life and innovation.

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