--- title: "5 Dots Connect Quotes By Steve Jobs" description: "5 Dots Connect quotes by Steve Jobs. Plus more from Steve Jobs and more Dots Connect sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/steve-jobs-307_anxiety_because-believing-that-the-dots-will-con_703822.jpg" --- > [Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/because-believing-that-the-dots-will-connect-down-the-road-will-give/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/steve-jobs-307_anxiety_because-believing-that-the-dots-will-con_703822.jpg) > [Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/again-you-can-t-connect-the-dots-looking-forward-you-can-only-connect/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/steve-jobs-307_destiny_again-you-can-t-connect-the-dots-looking_836572.jpg) > [“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/you-can-t-connect-the-dots-looking-forward-you-can-only-connect-them-3/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/steve-jobs-307_design_you-can-t-connect-the-dots-looking-forwa_990943.jpg) > [You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future... The only way to do great work is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/you-have-to-trust-that-the-dots-will-somehow-connect-in-your-future/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/steve-jobs-307_believe_you-have-to-trust-that-the-dots-will-som_1033805.jpg) > [“You can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards...You have to trust in something - your gut,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/you-can-t-connect-the-dots-looking-forward-you-can-only-connect-them-4/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/steve-jobs-307_confidence_you-can-t-connect-the-dots-looking-forwa_1448014.jpg) ## More by Steve Jobs > [Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/who-wants-a-stylus-you-have-to-get-em-and-put-em-away-and-you-lose-em/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-reason-that-apple-is-able-to-create-products-like-ipad-is-because/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-admire-mark-zuckerberg-for-not-selling-out-for-wanting-to-make-a/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [If you want to hire great people and have them stay, you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/if-you-want-to-hire-great-people-and-have-them-stay-you-have-to-be/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/everything-around-you-that-you-call-life-was-made-up-by-people-that/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [“Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/innovation-is-not-about-saying-yes-to-everything-it-s-about-saying-no/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-have-always-said-if-there-ever-came-a-day-when-i-could-no-longer/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/when-you-first-start-off-trying-to-solve-a-problem-the-first/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-m-not-dismissing-the-value-of-higher-education-i-m-simply-saying-it/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [“To YoYo Ma: "You playing is the best argument I've ever heard for the existence of God, because I don't really believe a human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/to-yoyo-ma-you-playing-is-the-best-argument-i-ve-ever-heard-for-the/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-most-important-thing-is-a-person-a-person-who-incites-your/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [The tragedy is that Dell didn't win it - we lost it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-tragedy-is-that-dell-didn-t-win-it-we-lost-it/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [“I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves. In fact some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-think-great-artists-and-great-engineers-are-similar-in-that-they/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/it-s-rare-that-you-see-an-artist-in-his-30s-or-40s-able-to-really/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) > [We're going to be able to ask our computers to monitor things for us, and when certain conditions happen, are triggered, the computers will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/we-re-going-to-be-able-to-ask-our-computers-to-monitor-things-for-us/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dots-connect/steve-jobs/#itemlist", "name": "5 Dots Connect Quotes By Steve Jobs", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Jobs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/because-believing-that-the-dots-will-connect-down-the-road-will-give/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/steve-jobs-307_anxiety_because-believing-that-the-dots-will-con_703822.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/steve-jobs-307_anxiety_because-believing-that-the-dots-will-con_703822.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/steve-jobs-307_anxiety_because-believing-that-the-dots-will-con_703822.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart…” — Steve Jobs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. 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