Here are 30 Steve Jobs Quotes on Thinking Differently, along with the year they were said or became popular:
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- “Stay hungry, stay foolish.” – Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Interview with Playboy magazine, 1985
- “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – Interview with Business Week, 1984
- “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” – Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” – – Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” – Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- “I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Interview with Computerworld, 1995
- “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” – “Think Different” Campaign, 1997
- “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.” – Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- “My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.” – Interview with Wired, 2006
- “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” – Interview with The New York Times, 2003
- “Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” – Interview with Business Week, 1995
- “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?'” – Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- “I want to put a ding in the universe.” – Interview with The Wall Street Journal, 1985
- “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.” – Interview with The Wall Street Journal, 1993
- “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.” – Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, 1997
- “Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right.” – Interview with Business Week, 1998
- “Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.” – Interview with Business Week, 1998
- “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.” – Interview with Wired, 1995
- “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” – Interview with The New York Times, 2003
- “The journey is the reward.” – Fortune Magazine, 1983
- “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.” – Business Week, 1998
- “I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Interview with Computerworld, 1995
- “The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” – Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” – Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” – Interview with Fortune Magazine, 1983
- “It’s better to be a pirate than to join the Navy.” – Meeting at Apple, 1984
- “We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.” – Interview with Business Week, 2004