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Success Quotes by Steve Jobs

31 Success quotes by Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs’ words on success cut straight to the core of building something lasting. Across thirty‑one entries you’ll see his blend of relentless focus, design obsession, and the belief that staying hungry fuels lasting impact. Perfect for anyone who wants a dose of his relentless drive.

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I don't really care about being right, I just care about success.

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If we don’t cannibalize ourselves, someone else will.

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You've got to find what you love.

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Everything is important- that success is in the details.

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Overnight success stories take a long time.

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

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It's very simple: The more successful you are, the more you'll earn. But if you're not successful, you will not earn a…

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Customers don't measure you on how hard you tried, they measure you on what you deliver.

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Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took…

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

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

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I am saddened, not by Microsoft's success — I have no problem with their success. They've earned their success, for the most…

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Each year has been so robust with problems and successes and learning experiences and human experienes that a year is a lifetime…

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I don't really care about being right, I just care about success. I don't mind being wrong, and I'll admit that I'm…

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We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.…

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When companies get bigger they try to replicate their success. But they assume their magic came from process. They try to use…

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Many companies forget what it means to make great products. After initial success, sales and marketing people take over and the product…

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Do your best at every job. Don't sleep! Success generates more success so be hungry for it. Hire good people with a…

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“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me…

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I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever…

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Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy…

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In order to learn how to do something well, you have to fail sometimes. In order to fail, there has to be…

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I don't want to fail, of course. But even though I didn't know how bad things really were, I still had a…

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I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance… Unless you have a…

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You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

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I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

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Being an entrepreneur is like being a pirate. Go for the booty and discover new, uncharted lands.

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I found that there were these incredibly great people at doing certain things, and you couldn't replace one of these people with…

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You can't look at the competition and say you're going to do it better. You have to look at the competition and…

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Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.

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The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and…

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I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot.

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If you want to hire great people and have them stay, you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have…

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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 it, you…

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“Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.”

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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…

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When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop…

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I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience.

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“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…

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The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the…

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The tragedy is that Dell didn't win it - we lost it.

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“I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves. In fact some of the…

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It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.

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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…

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