Graduates, 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.
TIM COOKThose who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others.
More Tim Cook Quotes
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I remember what it was like to grow up in the South in the 1960s and 1970s.
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And that’s what everyone at Apple is focused on – pushing forward and creating the future.
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Today, we are pleased to announce the biggest advancement in iPhone.
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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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Excellence has become a habit.
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You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.
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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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I just want to build great products.
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My own view is that encryption is a much better, much better world. And I’m not the only person that thinks that.
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The longer the meeting, the less is accomplished.
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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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In the long arc of time, you are only relevant if customers love you.
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Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.
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Intuition is critical in virtually everything you do. But, without relentless preparation and execution, it is meaningless.
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Nobody wants to buy sour milk.
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