"The journey is the reward"
Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Inc., known for revolutionizing technology with products like the iPhone and MacBook.
- Born
- February 24, 1955
- Died
- October 5, 2011
- Quotes
- 586
- Rank
- #35
Quote collection
Steve Jobs quotes (page 7 of 30)
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"Shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just gonna live in it, versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it."
"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates."
"If a user is having a problem, it's our problem."
"You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are."
"Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it"
"I sat in a garage and invented the future."
"You should never go to a meeting or make a telephone call without a clear idea of what you are trying to achieve."
"You have to have a lot of passion for what you do... because if you don't, any rational person would give up."
"Without passion, any rational person would give up!"
"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 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."
"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."
"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."
"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."