Ask HN: Which Steve Jobs quote has inspired you the most?
I shared mine earlier but I also find this inspiring from the Stanford Commencement: 'Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.'
"The problem with the Internet Startup craze isn't that too many people are starting companies; it's that too many people aren't sticking with it. That's somewhat understandable, because there are many moments that are filled with despair and agony, when you have to fire people and cancel things and deal with very difficult situations. That's when you find out who you are and what your values are." --Steve Jobs
When things get tough, I read that and remind myself to keep going.
The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."
May not be directly from Steve Jobs, but that has inspired me more than almost anything else. Well, that and Dr. King's "I Have a Dream".
Very inspiring.
Imagine getting kick out of your own company? Very devastating. But you have to believe that things will work out in the end.