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Following your heart3 quotes
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 · 2005Stay hungry, stay foolish. — Steve Jobs · 1974You 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…because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path and that will make all the difference. — Steve Jobs · 2005Taking risks2 quotes
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 · 2005You 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…because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path and that will make all the difference. — Steve Jobs · 2005Awe1 quote
Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow. — Steve Jobs · 2011Business strategy1 quote
It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them. — Steve Jobs · 1998Connecting the dots1 quote
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…because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path and that will make all the difference. — Steve Jobs · 2005Curiosity1 quote
Stay hungry, stay foolish. — Steve Jobs · 1974Customers1 quote
It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them. — Steve Jobs · 1998Death1 quote
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 · 2005Design1 quote
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. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. — Steve Jobs · 1998Doing what you love1 quote
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. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking and 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 go on. — Steve Jobs · 2005Exploration1 quote
Stay hungry, stay foolish. — Steve Jobs · 1974In retrospect1 quote
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…because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path and that will make all the difference. — Steve Jobs · 2005Insiders and outsiders1 quote
It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy. — Steve Jobs · 1987Microsoft1 quote
The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And what that means is...I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way. — Steve Jobs · 1996Product design1 quote
It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them. — Steve Jobs · 1998Shortness of life1 quote
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. — Steve Jobs · 2005Simplicity1 quote
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. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. — Steve Jobs · 1998Taste1 quote
The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And what that means is...I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way. — Steve Jobs · 1996The road less travelled1 quote
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…because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path and that will make all the difference. — Steve Jobs · 2005Vocation1 quote
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. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking and 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 go on. — Steve Jobs · 2005Work1 quote
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. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking and 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 go on. — Steve Jobs · 2005