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Steve Jobs, one of the most brilliant man that ever stepped foot on this planet already passed away after a tight struggle with cancer. Jobs was one of my inspiration and will always be my inspiration. Here are some of Steve's words that have moved and inspired countless individuals.

"A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets."


"Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?"

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

"I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better."

"I want to put a ding in the universe."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor."

"It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now."

"Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation."

"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."

"The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay."

"To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines."

"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."

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  • Profile picture of the author WakondaMarketing
    Thanks for the share, mate. Steve Jobs will always be remembered. Persistence, brilliance, temperament, pure genius. There will be no other person that could match Steve's accomplishments.
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  • Profile picture of the author russelljohnson
    great post ,,,,thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author JingQuimPo
    And from a Stanford speech.

    'Stay hungry. Stay foolish'
    -Steve Jobs-


    Jing Quimpo
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  • Profile picture of the author Jesse M
    “I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”

    “We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them.”

    “Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?”

    RIP Steve Jobs
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    I just saw a great quote, stating it here.

    Three Apple has changed our life
    1) Adam's Apple
    2) Newton's Apple
    3) Steve Jobs Apple

    The name 'Steve Jobs' was synonymous with innovation.
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  • Originally Posted by IstaylPinoy View Post


    "You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."

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    I like this, Kabayan.
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgeJafen
    Wonderful to read and to remember him like this. What a gifted man.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nathan2525
    Originally Posted by IstaylPinoy View Post

    Steve Jobs, one of the most brilliant man that ever stepped foot on this planet already passed away after a tight struggle with cancer. Jobs was one of my inspiration and will always be my inspiration. Here are some of Steve's words that have moved and inspired countless individuals.

    "A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets."


    "Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?"

    "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."

    "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

    "I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better."

    "I want to put a ding in the universe."

    "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

    "It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor."

    "It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now."

    "Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation."

    "Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."

    "The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay."

    "To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines."

    "You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."

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    Love it, Wise words from a great entrepreneur
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  • Profile picture of the author Sue McDonald
    The world will be a sadder place. RIP Steve Jobs. He was a brilliant entrepreneur and he certainly lived his life doing what he loved to do.

    Thanks for sharing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Boomber
    Great quotes of Steve jobs, I miss him
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  • Profile picture of the author anneivy
    great shares!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Affiguy
    RIP, Steve Jobs!


    "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition - they somehow already know what you truly want to become" -Steve Jobs.


    Not only Apple will miss you, but many generations.
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    • Profile picture of the author dshipman
      Originally Posted by Affiguy View Post

      RIP, Steve Jobs!


      "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition - they somehow already know what you truly want to become" -Steve Jobs.


      Not only Apple will miss you, but many generations.
      I love that quote. Here's the full one:

      "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 results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
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  • Profile picture of the author Blake Thomas
    RIP Steve Jobs.

    "The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do." -Steve Jobs
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  • Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs, we will always remember you.

    His quote also mentioning about don't waste time on other's life , build yourself a life and be great on what you have. =)
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  • Profile picture of the author patriciaevansss
    Great post! Steve Jobs really had a huge contribution in IT world. We had a lost, big time. Thank you for these quotes from him. these are really innovative.
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  • Profile picture of the author jushuaburnham
    Steve Jobs, you are a blessing to us!
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  • Profile picture of the author egrovesys
    Jobs is a gifted man for our world. If he not born to this world where we could see these great development in this technology.

    Like Steve Jobs, why wont we thing in our life and why can go in our own way to give new ideas and products to this technology or in other field.

    Every thing is our mind to go strong and depth in one. Just do one as a trial with more confident along with more care.
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  • Profile picture of the author ganeshagro
    Steve Jobs is next name of Innovation. This man has done a lot for mankind. Society has received much from him. GOD BLESS HIS SOUL.
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  • Profile picture of the author djasmin
    Originally Posted by IstaylPinoy View Post

    Steve Jobs, one of the most brilliant man that ever stepped foot on this planet already passed away after a tight struggle with cancer. Jobs was one of my inspiration and will always be my inspiration. Here are some of Steve's words that have moved and inspired countless individuals.

    "A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets."


    "Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?"

    "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."

    "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

    "I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better."

    "I want to put a ding in the universe."

    "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

    "It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor."

    "It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now."

    "Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation."

    "Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."

    "The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay."

    "To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines."

    "You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."

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    Thanks for this share buddy. Great quotes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Bill
    He lead me quietly (kicking and screaming) to my first apple product - my iPhone...and put a huge dent in my world.
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    nice to hear that name
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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. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it."
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    I really liked each words of his commencement speech from stanford.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff@AcuMarketing
    Hi,

    Thanks for sharing these quotes from Steve Jobs. I would like to add also one that I read in yahoo news. "Sell your customer your dream and not your product"

    Best Regards,
    Jeff
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  • Profile picture of the author andiirawan
    thank for shared of steve jobs briliant quote.... may he rest in peace
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    Thanks for sharing. Steve Jobs made a big different in this world
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  • Profile picture of the author Illuminart
    Thanks for the share. Long live Steve Jobs. Long live his legacy.
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  • Profile picture of the author DIGITALCHAMELEON
    Great Quotes from Steve Jobs, thanks for the effort of sharing...
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  • Profile picture of the author Mary McLean
    Nice reading...
    I liked the one where he speaks about walking around the Uni he dropped out of and noticed all the posters around the place and how beautifully set out they were.

    He said there was something about the wording that was so artistically arranged in a way that science could not describe. (or words to that effect)

    There-in was the creating of the inexplicable love that Apple fans have for the "feel" of his products.

    Bless his soul...
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      Originally Posted by vanillablueskyy View Post

      And his last quote was - oh wow oh wow oh wow.
      I was going to leave the same thing as a post here. I've got to admit, for last words, that must have been a really good way to go. He truly left his mark in this world regardless of many may say...
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  • Profile picture of the author Daymon
    Thanks for the share, the guy was greatest innovator of his time, i hope his legacy will continue....
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  • Profile picture of the author perfectlovehere
    One of the things that seemed to impress me most about him was his seemingly amazing marketing skills. It may or may not have had him involved but that is what blew me away.
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  • Profile picture of the author Elion Makkink
    Beautiful! I got his biography for my birthday, exciting to get started!
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    "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

    I wrote an article about this quote:

    A Lesson Every Web Designer Must Learn From Steve Jobs
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    • Profile picture of the author Nereah
      Steve Jobs touched so many lives, he was passionate about his work, and indeed it was not a wasted life because he did what he loved all his life. A real wake up call.
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      • Profile picture of the author JieLim
        Amazing man with an amazing legacy.

        A post that I saw on someone's Facebook Wall:

        "RIP Steve Jobs. You were the Apple of my i"

        =D

        Jie
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        • Profile picture of the author Mary McLean
          Originally Posted by JieLim View Post

          Amazing man with an amazing legacy.

          A post that I saw on someone's Facebook Wall:

          "RIP Steve Jobs. You were the Apple of my i"

          =D

          Jie
          I love that one along with this I found somewhere in here I think...
          3 Apples that changed the world...
          The apple that Eve gave to Adam
          The apple that fell on Newton's head
          The Apple that Steve Jobs made!


          Yup, a great man with awesome quotes to boot!

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    Awesome quotes, thanks a lot for sharing those.
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    Steve Job has a unique way of touching others' life through his quotes. Thanks for sharing this.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kaysa
    Great quotes.

    I liked the most two of them.

    "It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now."

    This one talks about that we must fulfill our clients the way that they say a year by now that they are satisfied, we must be ahead of time. Just brilliant!!

    "Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."


    Imagine Apple admitting that they are wrong and correcting their errors as fast as possible.

    Steve Jobs it's really a visionary of our times!!

    Thanks for sharing.
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    Wow. Great Collections. Every Word is Inspirational.
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    My fav is:

    "We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them."
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  • Profile picture of the author hireava
    Amazing quotes from Steve Jobs! He really is an inspiration to everyone. A great man who will never be forgotten.
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    thanks for the share
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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. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it."

    He was an exceptional man, a genius. R.I.P.
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    Truly mate, Design is how it works indeed, its not about what and how it looks like.
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  • Profile picture of the author abugah
    This guy was focused. Neither looking backwards, sideways or down. He chose one cause and was ready to died for it.

    By the way, any one can be a Steve Jobs.

    Imagine if we had just 1000 Steve Jobs today...the world would be a more wonderful place.
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  • Profile picture of the author chelsean
    These are all fantastic. He was an inspiring man. Great to read all of the wonderful things he has said. Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Seleon
    Thank you Steve for all your innovations through you life, you will be remembered as one of the great CEOs of our time... with iPod you did ding the universe of music world!
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    I just L-O-V-E the "apple stuff"...my ipod, Mac.. Thanks Steve
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