Steve Jobs Quotes

We're only on the earth for a short period of time. Movies aren't enough. I want to take my success and parlay it into something bigger and better.

When I leave this world, I don't want to leave just having a well-known name but having made a difference.

I've always wanted to make an impact.

I've always had a philosophy that position doesn't define power. Impact defines power. What impact are you making on people? What impact are you making on business?

I'd really like to make my mark in India.

To me, a life that doesn't change things and touch people's lives is pretty meaningless.

I think - you know, I'm a guy that - I don't live on the earth just to walk it. I live on here to make a difference.

I want to be able to say on my deathbed that I reached a few people. That would be very nice, just to be able to say that.

The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this Earth. It's not going to be, 'It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl,' but really and truly what you're going to leave on this Earth is the influence on others.

It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do, or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that's your legacy.

I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and not significant.

My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression.

I don't think anything about a personal legacy. I mean, those words would never come out of my mouth unless I just repeated them. Those things have never been important to me.

I want to leave a mark on society.

That's something I always say is good to do in life, is to leave our mark in this lifetime.

I want to leave this earth knowing that I did something. I made a difference in someone's life.

It's more important what you leave to people on this planet. I want my legacy to exist now, currently, not after I'm gone.

It's better to burn out, than to fade away.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.

My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.

You make due with the time you have here. Hopefully when you pass on, somebody can look back and say, 'Wow, they made a difference in some kind of way.'

I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.