Important Jobs Quotes

• Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

  Steve Jobs

  Business, Humorous, Small Jobs

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.68, Prabhat Prakashan

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• 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.

  Steve Jobs

  Smart, Technology, People

  "Steve Jobs in 1994: The Rolling Stone Interview". Interview with Jeff Goodell, www.rollingstone.com. January 17, 2011.

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• Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Inspire

  "What Higher Education Can Learn From Steve Jobs" byBrian Rosenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2011.

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• I was worth about over a million dollars when I was 23 and over ten million dollars when I was 24, and over a hundred million dollars when I was 25 and... it wasn't that important — because I never did it for the money.

  Steve Jobs

  Important, Dollars, Hundred

  "Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires". PBS Documentary, 1996.

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• Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help make the big choices in life. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

  Steve Jobs

  Thinking, Best Job, Stanford University

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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  Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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  Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

  Steve Jobs

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Thinking, Best Job

  "The Seed of Apple's Innovation". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. October 12, 2004.

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

  Steve Jobs

  Sleep, Night, Best Job

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.29, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Things don't have to change the world to be important.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Change, Wisdom

  "Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing". Interview With Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. February 1, 1996.

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• When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.

  Steve Jobs

  Beautiful, Wall, Best Job

  "Steve Jobs quotes: the man in his own words", www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2011.

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• That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. 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.

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Inspiring, Life Changing

  "The 13 Most Memorable Quotes From Steve Jobs" by Dylan Love, www.businessinsider.com. October 5, 2011.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Time, Money

  "Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs". Interview With David Sheff, genius.com. February 1, 1985.

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• 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 Jobs

  Life, Fear, Failure

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• 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 Jobs

  Inspirational, Attitude, Yoga

  The Wall Street Journa, Summer 1993.

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• Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.

  Walter Isaacson

  Change, Success, Meaningful

  Walter Isaacson (2011). “Walter Isaacson Great Innovators e-book boxed set: Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Einstein”, p.415, Simon and Schuster

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• Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world.

  Lois Lowry

  Kids, Thinking, Favorite Words

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

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Running, Teenager

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• Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently - they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Change, Life Changing

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.44, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Life Changing, Hard Work

  "Steve Jobs quotes: the man in his own words", www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2011.

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• Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Graduation, Heart, Stanford University

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.

  Steve Jobs

  Men, Best Job, Design Work

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.57, Prabhat Prakashan

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