Steve Jobs Quotes

Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

Many people don't even want to start something until they feel fairly confident that they will be a success at it. But me? I love to throw myself into things headfirst and fail all over the place.

Successful people just don't let failure define them or keep them from doing what they want to do. For example, I'd have people come up to me after my shows, and they'd say they want to do stand-up but are scared they're going to fail. I'd tell them, "You are going to fail, and anyone who is success has powered through many, many failures."

No one got anywhere by being too scared to open their mouth in case nobody laughed.

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work. Then I would go back and do whatever. But at least I wouldn't torture myself the rest of my life, wondering whatever would have happened.

I've never regretted anything I've done, even the things that I've failed at. I've often regretted not trying something really big, because you'll never know.

I don't really think about it. I just try to find my opportunity and then attack.

Embrace the fear and go for it. That's what I do. I don't run from it - I embrace the fear.

You've just got to go out there and make the right play.

If you're afraid to fail, you'll never succeed.

The more failure you can accept, the greater your chance of success.

Attitude, humor and action (persistence) will whip fears and rejection. Fear of failure doesn't exist, if you believe it doesn't.

Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that you’ve always dreamed of, or still haven’t had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

You cannot achieve success without the risk of failure...You cannot achieve success if you FEAR failure.

Don't take the attitude of waiting for people to be nice to you - be nice to them. Don't sit in front of a cold stove waiting for the heat. Put in the fuel. Act first.

If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed.

People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it

We must substitute courage for caution.

Many people are afraid to fail, so they don't try. They may dream, talk, and even plan, but they don't take that critical step of putting their money and their effort on the line. To succeed in business, you must take risks. Even if you fail, that's how you learn. There has never been, and will never be, an Olympic skater who didn't fall on the ice.

Unless you're willing to fail miserably in the pursuit of your dreams, you'll never make it.