17 Of The Most Motivational Steve Jobs Quotes That Will Encourage You To Chase Your Dreams

17 quotes

<br /> Your work is going to fill a large portion of your life.

“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 others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.…”

— Steve Jobs, news.stanford.edu

Tagged: Graduation, Commencement Speech, Advice, Live On Your Terms, Think Different

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and 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, news.stanford.edu

Tagged: Pursuing Your Passion

“You’ve got to find what you love...Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it.”

— Steve Jobs, news.stanford.edu

Tagged: Love You Haven't Found Yet, Love, Matters Of The Heart, Relationships

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they chang…”

— Steve Jobs, ibtimes.co.uk

Tagged: Madness, Creativity, Genius

“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 dif…”

— Steve Jobs, quotationspage.com

Tagged: Love, Breakups, Heartbreak, strength, Relationships

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”

— Steve Jobs, amazon.com

Tagged: Postive, Motivational, Limits

“That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.”

— Steve Jobs, cheatsheet.com

Tagged: Motivational, Simple

“Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”

— Steve Jobs, themuse.com

Tagged: motivation, Money

“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.”

— Steve Jobs, themuse.com

Tagged: motivation, Money

“You usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you’ve completely failed.”

— Steve Jobs, themuse.com

Tagged: motivation, Money

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

— Steve Jobs, themuse.com

Tagged: motivation, Money

“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.”

— Steve Jobs, themuse.com

Tagged: motivation, Money

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

— Steve Jobs, themuse.com

Tagged: motivation, Money

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

— Steve Jobs, themuse.com

Tagged: motivation, Money

“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.”

— Steve Jobs, themuse.com

Tagged: motivation, Money

“My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”

— Steve Jobs, themuse.com

Tagged: motivation, Money