Steve Jobs Quotes

I'm the total organizer. Everything's got a system. It's in order.

At all times it is better to have a method.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

I'm a great believer in outlines.

Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force. It means the substitution of responsibility for obedience to rank, and of authority of performance for the authority of rank.

The aim should be to work on the method of management.

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

A good system shortens the road to the goal.

But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

I'm kind of in between organized and messy, so if I have the right things to keep me organized, it's easier for me to stay that way. If I don't have the right tools, I'm a train wreck.

Order is the first law of heaven, and you have to have order to survive on Earth. Figure out what has to be done each day, each week, each year and develop a system to achieve it.

Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Order doesn't come by itself.

If everybody knows where everything is kept you can avoid wasting time looking for things.

I am an organization freak!

Whether you're a programmer or a seamstress, it's all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster - but not worse.

Organization, not machine. Get that. Organization, not machine.

I do like structure, and I'd love to be better at it.

One of the most dysfunctional beliefs of successful people is our contempt for simplicity and structure. We believe that we are above needing structure to help us on seemingly simple tasks.

Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.