Steve Jobs Quotes

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind

Keep an open mind and be ready to change and adapt to the situation. Don't ask reality to conform to your blueprint, but transform your blueprint to adapt to reality.

People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often

I don't really care about being right, I just care about success.

Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.

Being right keeps you in place, being wrong forces you to explore.

Be ready to revise any system, scrap any method, abandon any theory, if the success of the job requires it.

Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.

No one ever died from an open mind.

Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be none the less free than you were before.

Whatever is flexible and living will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.

Watch, listen and learn. You can't know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.

Where position is felt to be a birthright, generosity is possible (though not guaranteed); flexibility is not inhibited by a commitment to perpetual success.

Say your truth-kindly, but fully and completely. Live your truth, gently, but totally and consistently. Change your truth easily and quickly when your experience brings you new clarity.

I am not limiting myself to theories, so I never question the rightness to my approach.

A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness

You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it's important to have a bit of both.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Everybody has their own approach. I don't adhere to any one philosophy. I learn a lot from life and people - watching and other people watching.

Perhaps the most important thing I can tell you about equipment is to experiment and keep an open mind.

Things are always changing. Part of being successful here is being comfortable with not knowing what's going to happen.

People who were right a lot of the time were people who often changed their minds.

I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.