Steve Jobs Quotes

If a user is having a problem, it's our problem.

Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.

I sat in a garage and invented the future.

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.

You should never go to a meeting or make a telephone call without a clear idea of what you are trying to achieve.

Without passion, any rational person would give up!

You have to have a lot of passion for what you do... because if you don't, any rational person would give up.

Death is the destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life.

Without death there would be very little progress.

My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.

You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.

The hardest thing when you think about focusing. You think focusing is about saying "Yes." No. Focusing is about saying "No." And when you say "No," you piss off people.

If today were my last day, would I do what I'm doing?...If the answer was 'No' too many days in a row, I'd make a change.

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.

Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.

Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life.

Customers don't measure you on how hard you tried, they measure you on what you deliver.

Let's go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.

A lot of people think big business in America is a bad thing. I think it's a really good thing. Most people in business are ethical, hard-working, good people. And it's a meritocracy.

There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going.

I think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be at the intersection of biology and technology. A new era is beginning.

Don’t let the voice of other people’s opinion drown your inner voice.

Love what you do...Don't settle

Pursue your dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks.

To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.

You go to your TV to turn your brain off. You go to the computer when you want to turn your brain on.

Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower.

Innovation is usually the result of connections of past experiences. But if you have the same experiences as everyone else, you are unlikely to look in a different direction.

Let's go invent tomorrow...

A brand is simply trust.

Let's make a dent in the universe

You've got to find what you love.

The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we've got to risk it, too.

We've got to make the small things unforgettable.

Death is very likely the single best invention of life.

Kick-start your brain. New ideas come from watching something, talking to people, experimenting, asking questions and getting out of the office!

It's not the consumers' job to figure out what they want

Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.

The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.

Focusing is about saying No.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

You've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. You can't start with the technology and try to figure out where you're going to sell it.

It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

It's very simple: The more successful you are, the more you'll earn. But if you're not successful, you will not earn a dime.

You've got to have a problem that you want to solve; a wrong that you want to right.

We don't settle for anything less than excellence.

I think this is the start of something really big. Sometimes that first step is the hardest one, and we've just taken it.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.