Steve Jobs Motivational Quotes

Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, was known for his visionary leadership and relentless pursuit of innovation. His motivational quotes continue to inspire entrepreneurs, creatives, and anyone seeking to live a meaningful life.

Steve Jobs Motivational Quotes

1. “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. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs

2. “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
— Steve Jobs

3. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
— Steve Jobs

4. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
— Steve Jobs

5. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs

6. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
— Steve Jobs

7. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”
— Steve Jobs

8. “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”
— Steve Jobs

9. “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
— Steve Jobs

10. “I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”
— Steve Jobs

11. “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
— Steve Jobs

12. “Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”
— Steve Jobs

13. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
— Steve Jobs

14. “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?”
— Steve Jobs

15. “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
— Steve Jobs

16. “Don’t let people tell you your ideas are crazy. If they’re crazy enough, they just might be the next big thing.”
— Steve Jobs

17. “Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right.”
— Steve Jobs

18. “If you don’t love it, you’re going to fail.”
— Steve Jobs

19. “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.”
— Steve Jobs

20. “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 Jobs

21. “Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”
— Steve Jobs

22. “Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday.”
— Steve Jobs

23. “Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.”
— Steve Jobs

24. “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.”
— Steve Jobs

25. “The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
— Steve Jobs

26. “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.”
— Steve Jobs

27. “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”
— Steve Jobs

28. “You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
— Steve Jobs

29. “You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.”
— Steve Jobs

30. “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.”
— Steve Jobs

31. “I want to put a ding in the universe.”
— Steve Jobs

32. “Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”
— Steve Jobs

33. “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
— Steve Jobs

34. “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. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs

35. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
— Steve Jobs

36. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”
— Steve Jobs

37. “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
— Steve Jobs

38. “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
— Steve Jobs