Steve Jobs on Work Quotes

"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."

"Focusing is about saying no."

"If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever you were and throw them away."

"The journey is the reward."

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

"Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected, especially at scale."

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

"You cannot look at the competition and say you're going to do it better. You have to look at the competition and say you're going to do it differently."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."

"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you."

"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."

"We don't get a chance to do that many things, and everyone should be really excellent. Because this is our life."

"The only way to do great work is to be obsessed with what you do."

"Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

"If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you."

"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."

"I want to put a ding in the universe."

"Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right."

"I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder."

"Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them."

"I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

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

"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."

"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."

"We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?"

"Hire the best people and get out of their way."

"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."

"We're just enthusiastic about what we do."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."