蘋果公司已故聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人史蒂夫·喬布斯以創(chuàng)造美好事物的熱情和創(chuàng)造力觸動了許多人，他的思想遺產(chǎn)通過他的公司以及他眾多激勵思想而永存于世。以下是史蒂夫·喬布斯關(guān)于生活、領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力最受歡迎的20句話。

生活格言

1. Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.

有些時候，生活會拿起一塊磚頭，向你的腦袋上猛拍一下。但記住不要失去信念。

2. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someoneelse’s Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

你的時間有限，不要浪費于重復(fù)別人的生活。不要讓別人的觀點淹沒了你內(nèi)心的聲音。

3. Life is brief, and then you die, you know?

人生短暫，過著過著你就沒了，明白么？

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

我們存在，只為改變世界。

5. Stay hungry, stay foolish.

求知若饑，虛心若愚。

6. The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

只有瘋狂到認為自己能改變世界的人，才能真正的改變世界。

7. 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.

在過去的33年里，我每天早上都對著鏡子問自己：如果今天是我生命的最后一天，我還會打算這樣度過嗎？當(dāng)答案連續(xù)幾天都是“不”時，我知道是時候得做出改變了。

8. Live in a way that is ethically responsible. Try to make a difference in this world and contribute to the higher good. You’ll find it gives more meaning to your life and it’s a great antidote to boredom.

帶著責(zé)任感生活，嘗試為這個世界帶來點有意義的事情，為更高尚的事情做點貢獻。這樣你會發(fā)現(xiàn)生活更加有意義，生命不再枯燥。

9. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

記住自己隨時都可能死掉，是防止自己陷入畏首畏尾陷阱的最好方法。你已經(jīng)一無所有了，沒有理由不去追隨自己的心。

10. My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

我生命中最重要的東西是不花錢的。顯而易見，你們也同樣擁有，那就是時間。

領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力相關(guān)格言

11. That’s been one of my mantras—focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

專注和簡單一直是我的秘訣之一。簡單可能比復(fù)雜更難做到，極簡源于至繁。

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

我堅信，區(qū)分成功與不成功，一半的因素就是純粹的毅力差別。

13. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

領(lǐng)袖和跟風(fēng)者的區(qū)別就在于創(chuàng)新。

14. Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

質(zhì)重于量，一支全壘打比兩支安打好多了。

15. 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.

是否能成為墓地里最富有的人，對我而言無足輕重。重要的是，當(dāng)我晚上睡覺時，我可以說：我們今天完成了一些美妙的事。

16. It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.

消費者并不知道自己需要什么。直到我們拿出自己的產(chǎn)品。他們就會發(fā)現(xiàn)，這就是我要到東西。

17. Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.

要有勇氣追隨心聲，聽從直覺，它們在某種程度上知道你想成為的樣子。

18. There is no shortcut to excellence. You will have to make the commitment to make excellence your priority. Use your talents, abilities, and skills in the best way possible and get ahead of others by giving that little extra.

成功沒有捷徑。你必須把卓越轉(zhuǎn)變成你身上的一個特質(zhì)。最大限度地發(fā)揮你的天賦、才能、技巧，把其他所有人甩在你后面。

19. If you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.

你如果出色地完成了某件事，那你應(yīng)該再做一些其他的精彩事兒。不要在前一件事上徘徊太久，想想接下來該做什么。

20. Don’t equate making mistakes with being a mistake. There is no such thing as a successful person who has not failed or made mistakes, there are successful people who made mistakes and changed their lives or performance in response to them, and so got it right the next time. They viewed mistakes as warnings rather than signs of hopeless inadequacy. Never making a mistake means never living life to the full.

犯錯誤不等同于錯誤。從來沒有哪個成功的人沒有失敗過或者犯過錯誤，相反，成功的人都是犯了錯誤之后，做出改正，然后下次就不會再錯了，他們把錯誤當(dāng)成一個警告而不是萬劫不復(fù)的失敗。從不犯錯意味著從來沒有真正活過。