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99 Steve Jobs Quotes That Will Inspire You To Do Something Meaningful Everyday

Famous As: Co-Founder, Former Chairman and CEO of 'Apple'
Born On: February 24, 1955
Died On: October 5, 2011
Born In: San Francisco, California, United States
Founder / Co Founder: Apple Inc, Pixar Animation Studios, Next Computer, Inc
Died At Age: 56

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs, who digitalized a plain-looking apple into high-tech 'i-Phones' was an American inventor, businessman and industrial designer. We remember him as the Chairman, CEO and co-founder and majority shareholder (5.5 million) of Apple Inc.  A pioneer of 1970's microcomputer revolution, Jobs gave us the 'ease of secure internet accessibility' with Apple II, Apple Lisa, iPad, iPod, iMac, iTunes, Next and Macintosh computers. Job's untamed drive and passion for perfection gave a boost to music, browsing, digital publishing and tablet computing. Modern-day digital marketing industry thrives on Job's 'Think Different' initiative. Life was always hard for this 2.65 GPA scorer. Using his friend's dormitory as a temporary shelter, Jobs survived on temple meals, LSD experimentation and petty jobs until he got his first break. Regardless of being a college dropout, he was street-smart. Steve unfortunately died of pancreatic neuro-endocrine tumor in October 2011, but he'll live in our memories as a youth icon, excellent boss and visionary designer. His simplicity, innovation and ideas inspire younger generations to think beyond their comfort zone. We have compiled Steve Jobs famous quotes from many of his lectures and speeches, that also give a glimpse into his day-to-day work ethic and how he managed to do as much as he did. These quotes will definitely help you reach your career goals. Here are some of Steve Job's most inspirational quotes, which give an insight into the man, his mind and his unique philosophy on approaching life.

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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.

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
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.

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

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

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

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice." [Stanford University commencement speech, 2005]

Steve Jobs
If you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right

If you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right

Steve Jobs
You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

Steve Jobs
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Steve Jobs
If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

Steve Jobs
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.

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
Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

Steve Jobs
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.

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

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

Steve Jobs
Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

Steve Jobs
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.

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

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

Steve Jobs
I've been rejected, but I am still in love.

I've been rejected, but I am still in love.

Steve Jobs
Think Different

Think Different

Steve Jobs
Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

Steve Jobs
Creativity is just connecting things.

Creativity is just connecting things.

Steve Jobs
Focusing is about saying No.

Focusing is about saying No.

Steve Jobs
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.

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.

Steve Jobs
The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again.

The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again.

Steve Jobs
And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.... Don't settle

And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.... Don't settle

Steve Jobs
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

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
I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.

I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.

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

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

Steve Jobs
Everything is important- that success is in the details.

Everything is important- that success is in the details.

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

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

Steve Jobs
The journey is the reward

The journey is the reward

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

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

Steve Jobs