Selected quotes · 18
№ 01
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
Steve JobsLove
№ 02
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
Steve JobsCourage
№ 03
“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”
Steve JobsFriendship
№ 04
“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
Steve JobsFreedom
№ 05
“We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life.”
Steve JobsFriendship
№ 06
“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.”
Steve JobsFaith
№ 07
“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.”
Steve JobsCreativity
№ 08
“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.”
Steve JobsLife
№ 09
“My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”
Steve JobsFriendship
№ 10
“Things don't have to change the world to be important.”
Steve JobsWisdom
№ 11
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
Steve JobsSuccess
№ 12
“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 JobsCreativity
№ 13
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.”
Steve JobsLife
№ 14
“Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
Steve JobsWisdom
№ 15
“If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you'll be right.”
Steve JobsLife
№ 16
“If you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.”
Steve JobsLife
№ 17
“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.”
Steve JobsLife
№ 18
“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”
Steve JobsCourage