Quotes By Steve Jobs

Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.

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.

Do not try to do everything. Do one thing well.

It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple.

Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat.

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

It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

Great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.

I would trade all my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.

I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete.

We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being WalMart. We make it by innovation.

My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.

I am saddened, not by Microsoft's success - I have no problem with their success. They've earned their success, for the most part. I have a problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products.

I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better.