Steve Jobs

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

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

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards!

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

When you start doing what you love to do, you will never work another day in your life.

I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That’s were the fun is.

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

First they think you’re crazy, then they fight you, and then, all of a sudden, you change the world.

Keep your focus intact, and focus on the solution.

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been described as founder of the Bull Moose Party, the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, a big game hunter, family man, civic servant and a host of other things.

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word ‘pessimist’ was not in our vocabulary at that time. It’s a modern ‘invention’ which I believe we should ‘dis-invent.’

I’m so optimistic, I’d go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

Sometimes understanding other people’s problems is the key to finding opportunities.