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Steve Jobs: Creativity, Passion & the Courage to Think Different

Mar 13, 2026 · 5 min read

Steve Jobs believed that the people crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. These quotes from his speeches, interviews, and Stanford commencement address capture why.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address, 2005

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.

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address, 2005

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Steve Jobs Attributed

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address, 2005

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

Steve Jobs New York Times interview, 2003

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Steve Jobs Playboy interview, 1985

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Steve Jobs Apple Think Different campaign, 1997

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

Steve Jobs Attributed

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.

Steve Jobs Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, 1997

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address, 2005

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

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address, 2005

Creativity is just connecting things.

Steve Jobs Wired Magazine, 1996

My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other's negative tendencies in check.

Steve Jobs Playboy interview, 1985

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address, 2005

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address, 2005