The largest lesson I learned from Steve was that the joy in life is in the journey, and I saw him live this every day.
TIM COOKGraduates, your values matter. They are your north star. And work takes on new meaning when you feel you’re pointed in the right direction. Otherwise, it’s just a job. And life is too short for that.
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Apple has a culture of excellence that is, I think, so unique and so special. I’m not going to witness or permit the change of it.
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No matter what you do next, the world needs your energy, your passion, your impatience for progress. Don’t shrink from risk. And tune out those critics and cynics.
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The government should always be the one defending civil liberties.
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The worst thing in the world that can happen to you if you’re an engineer that has given his life to something is for someone to rip it off and put their name to it.
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We make the best phone, we don’t make the most phones.
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I am driven by great work and seeing people do incredible things and having a part in that.
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Creativity is people who care enough to keep thinking about something until they find the simplest way to do it.
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Everybody doesn’t want to have to be a computer scientist to protect themselves. Most people have no desire to do that.
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America is always stronger when we do things together.
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Since these early days, I have seen and have experienced many types of discrimination and all of them were rooted in the fear of people that were different than the majority.
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It’s the privilege of a lifetime for me to work with the most innovative people on Earth.
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A great product isn’t just a collection of features. It’s how it all works together.
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I don’t really think anything Microsoft does puts pressure on Apple.
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We can’t take all of our energy and all of our care and finish the painting, then have someone else put their name on it.
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We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. We want to leave the world better than we found it.
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From our point of view it’s important that Apple not be the developer for the world.
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You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.
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So I had to figure out for myself what was right and true. It was a search. It was a process. It drew on the moral sense that I’d learned from my parents, and in church, and in my own heart, and led me on my own journey of discovery.
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I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.
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For the most important decisions in your life, trust your intuition, and then work with everything you have, to prove it right.
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We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day.
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An acorn would never brag about giving shade.
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A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re the product.
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Our new watches are made entirely of double super gold. They are just a piece of gold that you can wear to the left, right, or directly on top of the other gold you own.
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Nobody wants to buy sour milk.
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A wave of legislation, introduced in more than two dozen states, would allow people to discriminate against their neighbors.
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