Steve Jobs on Innovation and Mistakes

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. 
It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.


quote by Steve Jobs

Majority - Mark Twain

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, 
it is time to pause and reflect. 

quote by Mark Twain 

Ford

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. 

cynical quote by Henry Ford

To climb steep hills - Shakespeare

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first 

quote by William Shakespeare

Daring greatly - Roosevelt

It is not the critic who counts; 

not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, 

or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, 

whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; 

who strives valiantly… 

who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, 

and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Impossible - Mandela

It always seems to be impossible
until it is done

Quote by Nelson Mandela 

Steve Jobs on Innovation

Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. 
People kept raising their hand saying, "Does it do [x]?", "Do you plan to add [y]?". 

Finally Jobs said:
"Wait wait — put your hands down. Listen: I know you have a thousand ideas for all the cool features iTunes could have. So do we. But we don't want a thousand features. That would be ugly. Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.” 

Derek Sivers quoting Steve Jobs

Lying

Advertising is legalized lying

quote by H.G. Wells

Leadership

You do not lead by hitting people over the head
that’s assault, not leadership.


quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Fear of change

Communication

Better a lie told with conviction
than the truth told with hesitation

Quote by ?

In conflict (the art of war)

In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, 
surprising actions generally lead to victory.

quote by Sun Tzu, The art of war

Your enemy

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. 

quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Imagination is more important than knowledge

Imagination is more important than knowledge. 
For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. 

quote by Albert Einstein

Every Sale

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

Quote by Zig Ziglar

The value of money

If you would like to know the value of money, 
try to borrow some. 

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Allways forgive your enemies

Always forgive your enemies. 
Nothing annoys them more. 

quote by Oscar Wilde

Never teach a pig to sing

Never try to teach a pig to sing. 

It wastes your time and it annoys the pig. 

Quote by George Bernard Shaw