30 Steve Jobs Quotes to Inspire You and Change Your Life

Steve Jobs' words cut to the core of ambition, creativity, and purpose. A single quote can refocus your priorities, fuel a breakthrough, or steady you through hard choices. Keep these quotes for morning motivation, team stand-ups, presentations, journaling prompts, or whenever you need a reminder to think bigger and act bolder.

Motivational Quotes

• "Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
• "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
• "If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."
• "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith."
• "I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."
• "It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy."

Inspirational Quotes

• "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become."
• "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
• "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 can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."
• "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?'"
• "Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday."

Life Wisdom Quotes

• "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."
• "The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
• "Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking."
• "You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma — whatever."
• "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right."
• "If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."

Success & Innovation Quotes

• "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
• "I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things."
• "A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."
• "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."
• "We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why even bother?"
• "Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do."

Creativity & Design Quotes

• "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
• "Simple can be harder than complex: you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple."
• "Creativity is just connecting things."
• "A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."
• "People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware."
• "My model for business is The Beatles: they were four guys who kept creating great music and they stayed together."

Daily Inspiration Quotes

• "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." (Keep this close—short and relentless.)
• "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith."
• "Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people."
• "I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done."
• "People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
• "Let your curiosity and persistence guide you every day."

Quotes vary from crisp one-liners to longer reflections; use the short ones as quick mantras and the longer ones for reflection or journaling.

Quotes can reframe challenges, spark action, and anchor your values. Revisit them when you need clarity, share them to motivate your team, or place one on your desk to change how you think about work and life—one powerful sentence at a time.