Quotes and sayings from Steve Jobs

"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life"

"If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution."

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. 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."

"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."

"Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life."

"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’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."

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected."

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

"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."

"People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully."

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

"If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower"

"Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could."

"Don’t let the noise of others opinions drown out your inner voice"