Steve Jobs

Technology Founder American 1955 – 2011

Co-founded Apple and revolutionized personal computing and design.

371 quotes

"The power of design lies in its invisibility."
Art
"You can't buy happiness, but you can create it."
Happiness
"A great leader empowers others to be great."
Leadership
"Passion and purpose are the fuel for all great work."
Motivation
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Dreams
"Technology should serve humanity, not the other way around."
Philosophy
"Be willing to start again, to begin anew."
Hope
"The most important thing is to keep the user at the center of everything you do."
Work
"Your legacy is not what you accumulate, but what you contribute."
Perseverance
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Work
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
Leadership
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Life
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Dreams
"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."
Courage
"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."
Fear
"Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."
Success
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."
Change
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
Motivation
"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."
Time
"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."
Perseverance
"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."
Creativity
"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."
Wisdom
"Technology is best when it brings people together."
Technology
"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to create art."
Art
"We're here to put a dent in the universe."
Inspiration
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."
Life
"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."
Death
"None of us is as smart as all of us."
Friendship
"The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work."
Happiness
"Don't let the voice of other people's tradition silence your own inner voice."
Freedom