Fools buy houses—the wise live in them.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.

What we want to do is make a leapfrog product that is way smarter than any mobile device has ever been, and super-easy to use. This is what iPhone is. OK? So, we're going to reinvent the phone.

Of all the inventions of humans, the computer is going to rank near or at the top as history unfolds and we look back. It is the most awesome tool that we have ever invented. I feel incredibly lucky to be at exactly the right place in Silicon Valley, at exactly the right time, historically, where this invention has taken form.

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

Those who oppose change are addicted to the luxury of their comfort zone.

Age considers; youth ventures.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. 

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.