Quotes from Steve Jobs

You've got to have a problem that you want to solve; a wrong that you want to right.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

"If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time."

Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think.

The manual for WordStar, the most popular word-processing program, is 400 pages thick. To write a novel, you have to read a novel - one that reads like a mystery to most people. They're not going to learn slash q-z any more than they're going to learn Morse code. That is what Macintosh is all about.

Let's go invent tomorrow.

Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

In the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. For the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you.

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.

God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone's heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth.