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Life Quotes by Steve Jobs

119 Life quotes by Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs reminds us that everything we call life was created by ordinary people, so we can change it too. He warns that your time is limited and you should not waste it living someone else’s expectations. He says remembering our own mortality helps us make big choices.

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Don't just live a life; build one.

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Click. Boom. Amazing!

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I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.

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Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life.

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I was lucky -- I found what I love to do early in life,

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Death is very likely the single best invention of life.

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All the work I've done in my life will be obsolete by the time I'm fifty.

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Sometimes life hits you like a brick in the face. Don't give up.

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You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.

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Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

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Shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just gonna live in it, versus embrace it, change it, improve…

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The things I've done in my life have required a lot of years of work before they took off.

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After all the statistics and calculations are formulated, the one element that breathes life into marketing is good design.

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Your work is going to fill a large part of your life... so love what you do. Your time is limited. Don't…

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Your time on this earth is limited, don’t live someone else's life, live by your vision.

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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…

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In your life you only get to do so many things and right now we've chosen to do this, so let's make…

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Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make…

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These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a…

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I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and…

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Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change…

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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.…

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Of course, we can not connect imprint future, you can just hook them to look back. So rest assured that the dots,…

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You know, I've got a plan that could rescue Apple. I can't say any more than that it's the perfect product and…

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Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change…

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Be honest with yourself and with people always do everything on time. Never give up, go to your goals, even if all…

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When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, and your life is just…

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“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet…

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When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and you're life is just…

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Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that there’s another side…

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“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day…

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So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what…

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“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your…

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If it could save a person's life, could you find a way to save ten seconds off the boot time? If there…

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I know that living with me was not a bowl of cherries.

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Probably death is the best invention of life.

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I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random.

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

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“Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.”

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

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