"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life."
"I want to put a ding in the universe."
"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
"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."
"Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."
"I want to make a dent in the universe."
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
"I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."
"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."
"I think the things you regret most in life are the things you didn't do."
"I'm not afraid to die. I'm afraid of not having lived."
"It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it."
"My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time."
"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith."
"Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem."
"If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much."
"We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why even be here?"
"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've always been attracted to the more revolutionary
changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful
emotionally. And you usually go through a period where
everybody tells you that you've completely failed."
"The people who built Silicon Valley were engineers. They learned business, they learned a lot of different things, but they had a real belief in science and technology."
"I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals."
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
"You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers."
"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while."
Written by Famous Author : Steve Jobs
Steve
Jobs Big Book
