RIP Steve Jobs

Today the world of technology and business mourns the loss of a great man. Steve Jobs led Apple and had a huge influence on the technologies that have changed our lives and changed their respective industries. He was renown for being a great speaker and below we have compiled some of our favourite quotes to remember Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011.

"Stay Hungry, Stray Foolish"

"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on."

"When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: 'if you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.' It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'if today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been No for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

"We don't get a chance to do that many things, and ever one should be really excellent. Because this is out life."

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

"Design is not just what it looks like. Design is how it works."

"I want to put a ding in the universe."

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me."

"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."

"My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each other's negative tendencies in check; they balance each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts."

"I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."