Throughout the course of his life, Steve Jobs left behind inspirational quotes on leadership, innovation, business and marketing.
Inspirational Steve Jobs Quotes
“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.”
“I want to put a ding in the universe.”
“I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”
“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”
“I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.”
Quotes from Steve Jobs on Leadership
“My job is not to be easy on people. My jobs is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”
“The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.”
Steve Jobs Quotes on Innovation
“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
“The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.”
Marketing and Business Quotes by Steve Jobs
“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.”
“In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.”
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”