Quotes By Steve Jobs

I hate it when people call themselves 'entrepreneurs' when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell of go public, so they can cash in and move on. They're unwilling to do the work it takes to build a real company, which is the hardest work in business.

There's a phrase in Buddhism, 'Beginner's mind.' It's wonderful to have a beginner's mind.

Everything is important- that success is in the details.

Most people have no concept of how an automatic transmission works, yet they know how to drive a car. You don't have to study physics to understand the laws of motion to drive a car. You don't have to understand any of this stuff to use Macintosh.

We all have a short period of time on this earth-We probably only have the opportunity to do a few things really great and do them well. None of us has any idea how long we're going to be here nor do I, but my feeling is I've got to accomplish a lot of these things while I'm young.

My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that's what I try to do.

I'm one of those people that think Thomas Edison and the light bulb changed the world more than Karl Marx ever did.

The important point is to not just follow your passion but something larger than yourself.

A lot of time, people don't do great things becoz' great things really aren't expected of them.

You've got to find what you love.

Marketing is about values. It's a complicated and noisy world, and we're not going to get a chance to get people to remember much about us. No company is. So we have to be really clear about what we want them to know about us.

For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.

You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent.

Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest.

Every good product I've ever seen is because a group of people cared deeply about making something wonderful that they and their friends wanted. They wanted to use it themselves.

You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Ask for feedback from people with diverse backgrounds. Each one will tell you one useful thing. If you're at the top of the chain, sometimes people won't give you honest feedback because they're afraid. In this case, disguise yourself, or get feedback from other sources.

Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.

I don't really care about being right, I just care about success.

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.