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Steve Jobs Quotes On Passion, Success, Innovation

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Steve Jobs is an inventor and entrepreneur who has been highly respected. He founded Apple in 1976.Steve Jobs is one of the most revered inventors and entrepreneurs of our time. He founded Apple in 1976 with Steve Wozniak, his friend. In the garage of Jobs' parents, they created the first computer, the Apple I. The Apple II followed, selling 2 million units in a matter of days worldwide. This made Steve Jobs rich and famous. Apple's success led to the hiring of John Sculley as its CEO.

 After a lengthy power struggle with Sculley in 1985, Jobs was forced to leave his company. He also started two companies, NeXT and Pixar. Pixar created the first computer-animated movie, Toy Story. Apple purchased NeXT 12 years later and Jobs was back at Apple's helm. Apple's new leadership would see the launch of the iMac and iPod as well as the iPhone and iPad. Jobs gave his keynotes every year, making Apple the most valuable company in the world.

Steve Jobs Quotes

Steve Jobs was diagnosed in 2003 with rare pancreatic cancer. The disease continued to plague him for years, resulting in several hospitalizations and work stops. He became increasingly thin over the next few years. He still managed to introduce the iPhone and iPad keynotes during this period. At the age of fifty-six, he died at home in Palo Alto on October 5, 2011.

His passion to make a "dent" in the universe and his drive for perfection in all he touched revolutionized six industries: phones, music and animated movies, computers, tablets, and digital publishing.

These are some of Steve Job's most inspiring quotes to inspire you to live your dream life.


Our friends up north spend over five billion dollars on research and development and all they seem to do is copy Google and Apple.

  •  Our friends up north spend over five billion dollars on research and development and all they seem to do is copy Google and Apple.
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With our technology, with objects, literally three people in a garage can blow away what 200 people at Microsoft can do.

  • With our technology, with objects, literally three people in a garage can blow away what 200 people at Microsoft can do.
Their products have no spirit to them.

  • Their products have no spirit to them. 
I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He’d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.

  • I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He’d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.
I am saddened, not by Microsoft success, I have no problem with their success, they’ve earned their success, for the most part. I have a problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products.

  • I am saddened, not by Microsoft success, I have no problem with their success, they’ve earned their success, for the most part. I have a problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products.
The older I get, the more I see how much motivations matter. The Zune was crappy because the people at Microsoft don’t really love music or art the way we do. We won because we personally love music.

  • The older I get, the more I see how much motivations matter. The Zune was crappy because the people at Microsoft don’t really love music or art the way we do. We won because we personally love music.
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They have absolutely no taste. And I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their products.

  • They have absolutely no taste. And I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their products.
The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste.

  • The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste.
We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn’t build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves.

  • We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn’t build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves.
There’s some stuff in our industry that we wouldn’t be proud to ship.

  • There’s some stuff in our industry that we wouldn’t be proud to ship.
We’re not going to be the first to this party, but we’re going to be the best.

  • We’re not going to be the first to this party, but we’re going to be the best.

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

  • Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.
We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

  • We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.
We believe that customers are smart and want objects which are well thought through.

  • We believe that customers are smart and want objects which are well thought through.
Look at the design of a lot of consumer products – they’re really complicated surfaces. We tried to make something much more holistic and simple.

  • Look at the design of a lot of consumer products – they’re really complicated surfaces. We tried to make something much more holistic and simple.
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The way we’re running the company, the product design, the advertising, it all comes down to this: Let’s make it simple. Really simple.

  • The way we’re running the company, the product design, the advertising, it all comes down to this: Let’s make it simple. Really simple.
I end up not buying a lot of things, because I find them ridiculous.

  • I end up not buying a lot of things, because I find them ridiculous.
My favorite things in life don’t cost any money.

  • My favorite things in life don’t cost any money.
I have a very simple life. I have my family and I have Apple and Pixar. And I don’t do much else.

  • I have a very simple life. I have my family and I have Apple and Pixar. And I don’t do much else.
Just get rid of the crappy stuff and focus on the good stuff.

  • Just get rid of the crappy stuff and focus on the good stuff.
Focusing is about saying no.

  • Focusing is about saying no.
When you’re young, a little bit of course correction goes a long way. I think it takes pretty talented people to do that.

  • When you’re young, a little bit of course correction goes a long way. I think it takes pretty talented people to do that.
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I know from my own education that if I hadn’t encountered two or three individuals that spent extra time with me, I’m sure I would have been in jail.

  • I know from my own education that if I hadn’t encountered two or three individuals that spent extra time with me, I’m sure I would have been in jail.
School was pretty hard for me at the beginning.

  • School was pretty hard for me at the beginning.
The most important thing is a person. A person who incites and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the same way that people can.

  • The most important thing is a person. A person who incites and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the same way that people can.
There’s a phrase in Buddhism, ‘Beginner’s mind’. It’s wonderful to have a beginner’s mind.

  • There’s a phrase in Buddhism, ‘Beginner’s mind’. It’s wonderful to have a beginner’s mind.
Human minds settle into fixed ways of looking at the world and that’s always been true and it’s probably always going to be true.

  • Human minds settle into fixed ways of looking at the world and that’s always been true and it’s probably always going to be true.
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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.

  • 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 key thing to remember about me is that I’m still a student. I’m still in boot camp. If anyone is reading any of my thoughts, I’d keep that in mind.

  • The key thing to remember about me is that I’m still a student. I’m still in boot camp. If anyone is reading any of my thoughts, I’d keep that in mind.
Much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

  • Much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.
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Invest time in yourself to have great experiences that are going to enrich you.

  • Invest time in yourself to have great experiences that are going to enrich you.
Well, I was thrown out of school a few times.

  • Well, I was thrown out of school a few times.
You know, Dr. Edwin Land was a troublemaker. He dropped out of Harvard and founded Polaroid.

  • You know, Dr. Edwin Land was a troublemaker. He dropped out of Harvard and founded Polaroid.
Michelangelo knew a tremendous amount about how to cut stone at the quarry.

  • Michelangelo knew a tremendous amount about how to cut stone at the quarry.
Leonardo da Vinci was a great artist and a great scientist.

  • Leonardo da Vinci was a great artist and a great scientist.
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The finest dozen computer scientists I know are all musicians.

  • The finest dozen computer scientists I know are all musicians. 
A lot of people that would have been artists and scientists have gone into this field to express their feeling and so it seemed like the right thing to do.

  • A lot of people that would have been artists and scientists have gone into this field to express their feeling and so it seemed like the right thing to do.
Learning to program teaches you how to think. Computer science is a liberal art.

  • Learning to program teaches you how to think. Computer science is a liberal art.
Apple is about something more than that, Apple, at the core, its core value, is that we believe that people with passion can change the world for the better.

  • Apple is about something more than that, Apple, at the core, its core value, is that we believe that people with passion can change the world for the better.
I started to listen to music a whole lot and I started to read more outside of just science and technology, Shakespeare, Plato. I loved ‘King Lear’.

  • I started to listen to music a whole lot and I started to read more outside of just science and technology, Shakespeare, Plato. I loved ‘King Lear’.
Woz and I very much liked Bob Dylan’s poetry, and we spent a lot of time thinking about a lot of that stuff.

  • Woz and I very much liked Bob Dylan’s poetry, and we spent a lot of time thinking about a lot of that stuff.
Besides Dylan, I was interested in Eastern mysticism, which hit the shores at about the same time.

  • Besides Dylan, I was interested in Eastern mysticism, which hit the shores at about the same time.
We want to stand at the intersection of computers and humanism.

  • We want to stand at the intersection of computers and humanism.
We think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience.

  • We think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience.
Our DNA is as a consumer company – for that individual customer who’s voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That’s who we think about.

  • Our DNA is as a consumer company – for that individual customer who’s voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That’s who we think about.
What we’re trying to do is remove the barrier of having to learn how to use a computer.

  • What we’re trying to do is remove the barrier of having to learn how to use a computer.
You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backward to the technology.

  • You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backward to the technology.
Every day you discover something new that is a new problem or a new opportunity to fit these things together a little differently.

  • Every day you discover something new that is a new problem or a new opportunity to fit these things together a little differently.
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.

  • 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.
We spent two weeks talking about this every night at the dinner table. We’d get around to that old washer-dryer discussion. And the talk was about design.

  • We spent two weeks talking about this every night at the dinner table. We’d get around to that old washer-dryer discussion. And the talk was about design.
We will make them bright and pure and honest about being high-tech, rather than a heavy industrial look of black, black, black, black, like Sony.

  • We will make them bright and pure and honest about being high-tech, rather than a heavy industrial look of black, black, black, black, like Sony.
It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple, to truly understand the underlying challenges and come up with elegant solutions.

  • It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple, to truly understand the underlying challenges and come up with elegant solutions.
Many companies forget what it means to make great products. After initial success, sales and marketing people take over and the product people eventually make their way out.

  • Many companies forget what it means to make great products. After initial success, sales and marketing people take over and the product people eventually make their way out.
Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.

  • Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.
The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

  • The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

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