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Steve Jobs Quotes about Inspirational - Page 3

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A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

Inspirational, Business, Educational

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.32, Prabhat Prakashan

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.

Inspirational, Inspiring, Best Job

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.71, Prabhat Prakashan

I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience.

Inspirational, Leadership, Higher Education

If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

Inspirational, Life, Graduation

Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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.

Inspirational, Change, Success

"Core Values: Apple Founder Steve Jobs". Interview with Brian Williams, www.nbclearn.com. May 25, 2006.

Nobody has tried to swallow us since I've been here. I think they are afraid how we would taste.

Inspirational, Thinking, Taste

Annual Apple shareholder meeting, April 22, 1998.

I don't really care about being right, I just care about success. I don't mind being wrong, and I'll admit that I'm wrong a lot. It doesn't really matter to me too much. What matters to me is that we do the right thing.

Inspirational, What Matters, Mind

The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are starting companies; it’s that too many people aren’t sticking with it.

Inspirational, People, Problem

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.69, Prabhat Prakashan

I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.

Inspirational, Life, Life Lesson

"Stop Judging and Start Learning" by Lolly Daskal, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 22, 2013.

We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them.

Inspirational, Best Job, Buttons

"Fortune" Magazine, January 24, 2000.

What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.

Inspirational, Memorable, Technology

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.86, Prabhat Prakashan

We're gambling on our vision, and we would rather do that than make "me too" products. Let some other companies do that. For us, it's always the next dream.

Inspirational, Inspiring, Dream

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.87, Prabhat Prakashan

Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

Inspirational, Money, Views

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.19, Prabhat Prakashan

But 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.

Inspirational, Night, Thinking

"The Seed of Apple's Innovation". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. October 12, 2004.

Creativity is just connecting things.

Inspirational, Creativity, Connecting

"Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing". Interview with Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. February 1, 1996.

Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?

Inspirational, Change, Life Lesson

Quoted in Fortune, 14 Sept. 1987

In your life you only get to do so many things and right now we've chosen to do this, so let's make it great.

Inspirational, Leadership, Chosen

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Inspirational, Wisdom, Business

"Steve Jobs, the Journey Is the Reward". Book by Jeffrey S. Young, 1988.

And 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. 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.

Inspirational, Thinking, Best Job

"The Seed of Apple's Innovation". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. October 12, 2004.

I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking. People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted them to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint.

Inspirational, Hate, Thinking

And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.

Inspirational, Damn, Chosen

It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.

Inspirational, Money, Giving Up

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

Inspirational, Up North, Research And Development

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.58, Prabhat Prakashan

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. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it's not up to par, it's our fault, plain and simply.

Inspirational, Jobs, Educational

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.40, Prabhat Prakashan

Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. It's very fortunate if you can work on just one of these in your career. ... Apple's been very fortunate in that it's introduced a few of these.

Inspirational, Careers, Apples

"Apple unveils cell phone, Apple TV". www.nbcnews.com. January 1, 2007.

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