The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have. Steve Jobs More Quotes by Steve Jobs More Quotes From Steve Jobs I've read something that Bill Gates said about six months ago. He said, ‘I worked really, really hard in my 20s.’ And I know what he means, because I worked really, really hard in my 20s too. Literally, you know, 7 days a week, a lot of hours every day. And it actually is a wonderful thing to do, because you can get a lot done. But you can't do it forever, and you don't want to do it forever, and you have to come up with ways of figuring out what the most important things are and working with other people even more. Steve Jobs forevermeanpeople Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. Steve Jobs businesswisdominspirational Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path. Steve Jobs heartgivingbelieve Your thoughts construct patterns like scaffolding in your mind. You are really etching chemical patterns. In most cases, people get stuck in those patterns, just like grooves in a record, and they never get out of them. Steve Jobs etchingmindpeople Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Steve Jobs graduationinspirationallife If you view computer designers as artists, they're really into more of an art form that can be mass-produced, like records, or like prints, than they are into fine arts. They want something where they can express themselves to a large number of people through their medium, and their medium is technology and manufacturing. Steve Jobs technologyviewsart People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. 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. Steve Jobs inspiringmeanthinking 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. Steve Jobs technologymemorableinspirational It's very simple: The more successful you are, the more you'll earn. But if you're not successful, you will not earn a dime. Steve Jobs dimessuccessfulsimple Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'. Steve Jobs inspirationalboyspeople Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect. Steve Jobs abstract-thinkingintuitionpowerful You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Steve Jobs changepositivehappiness I thought deeply about this. I ended up concluding that the worst thing that could possibly happen as we get big and as we get a little more influence in the world is if we change our core values and start letting it slide, I can't do that. I'd rather quit. Steve Jobs slideslittlesworld 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. Steve Jobs leadershipmotivationaljobs The were good times, there were hard times, but there were never bad times Steve Jobs bad-timesgood-timeshard-times You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. Steve Jobs trustchangesuccess One way to drive fear out of a relationship is to realize that your partner's values are the same as yours, that what you care about is exactly what they care about. In my opinion, that drives fear out and makes for a great partnership, whether it's a corporate partnership or a marriage. Steve Jobs opinioncareway Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts. Steve Jobs saying-nostrategyfocus One of my beliefs very strongly is that any democracy depends on a free, healthy press. Steve Jobs democracyhealthybelief No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet 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. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs stanford-universityinspirationaldeath
