Steve Jobs' 11 Best Phrases on Innovation and Success

Apple's creator would turn 63 today. Recall famous phrases from Jobs that can change the way they see professional achievement

 Born in 1955, killed in 2011, Steve Jobs would be turning 63 on February 24, 2018.

Recognized as one of the most creative and influential minds in the world of technology, the creator of Apple was also famous for his striking phrases  .

Most of his most-remembered quotes - such as the classic "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" - come from a landmark speech to Stanford University trainees in 2005. Only on the institution's official YouTube channel , the video has been viewed more than 29 million times .

Innovation , happiness, money and success were some of the themes most often analyzed by the technology genius in interviews and public pronouncements. Learn more: How to find creativity and innovation for your business? Watch with ContaAzul! Sponsored 

Here's a selection of 11 phrases from the visionary Apple founder who can influence your thinking about the present - and the future - of your career: Remembering that you will die is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to lose. You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Spech to Stanford University graduates in 2005   

Your time is limited, so do not waste it by living someone else's life.... Do not let the noise of the opinion of others drown out your own inner voice.

Speech to Stanford University graduates in 2005

   Being the richest man in the cemetery does not interest me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

Interview with the Wall Street Journal in 1993 

These have been my mantras - focus and simplicity. The simple can be more difficult than complex. You need to work hard to keep your thinking clean and keep it simple.

nterview with Business Week magazine in 1998

The job will fill a large part of your life. The only way to be truly happy is to do what you believe to be a great job. And the only way to do a great job is to love what you do.

Speech to Stanford University graduates in 2005

If you do something and the result is very good, then you need to do something else wonderful without leaning on it for long. Just find out what's to come.

Interview with NBC Nightly News in 2006

My business model is the Beatles. (...) They swayed, and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. It's how I see business: incredible things are never made by a single person, they are made by a team.

Innovation] comes when you say 'no' to a thousand things (...). We are always thinking of new markets that we can join, but it is only by saying 'no' that you can focus on things that are really important.

Interview with Business Week magazine in 2004

If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you can not look too far back. You need to be willing to take everything you've done and everything you've been and throw away.

Interview with Playboy magazine in 1985

You have to trust in something - in your instinct, destiny, life, karma, anything. This idea never lets me down, and it made all the difference in my life.