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"My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better."

-- Steve Jobs

"My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better."

-- Steve Jobs

"If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much."

-- Steve Jobs

"If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much."

-- Steve Jobs

"The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller."

-- Steve Jobs

"The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller."

-- Steve Jobs

"A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."

-- Steve Jobs

"A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."

-- Steve Jobs

"I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done."

-- Steve Jobs

"I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done."

-- Steve Jobs

"Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?"

-- Steve Jobs

"Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?"

-- Steve Jobs

"Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?"

-- Steve Jobs

"Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?"

-- Steve Jobs

"Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart."

-- Steve Jobs

"Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart."

-- Steve Jobs

"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you."

-- Steve Jobs

"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you."

-- Steve Jobs

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

-- Steve Jobs

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

-- Steve Jobs

"Focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex."

-- Steve Jobs

"Focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex."

-- Steve Jobs

"I think the things you regret most in life are the things you didn't do."

-- Steve Jobs

"I think the things you regret most in life are the things you didn't do."

-- Steve Jobs

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

-- Steve Jobs

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

-- Steve Jobs

"You have to believe in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever."

-- Steve Jobs

"You have to believe in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever."

-- Steve Jobs

"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

"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

"Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people."

-- Steve Jobs

"Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people."

-- Steve Jobs

"The journey is the reward."

-- Steve Jobs

"The journey is the reward."

-- Steve Jobs

"Creativity is just connecting things."

-- Steve Jobs

"Creativity is just connecting things."

-- Steve Jobs

"It’s not a faith in technology. It’s faith in people."

-- Steve Jobs

"It’s not a faith in technology. It’s faith in people."

-- Steve Jobs

"Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple."

-- Steve Jobs

"Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple."

-- Steve Jobs

"Real artists ship."

-- Steve Jobs

"Real artists ship."

-- Steve Jobs

"We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?"

-- Steve Jobs

"We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?"

-- Steve Jobs

"Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do."

-- Steve Jobs

"Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do."

-- Steve Jobs

"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."

-- Steve Jobs

"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."

-- Steve Jobs