Work & careers quotes, explained
Jobs, craft and doing work that matters. Each one is checked against its original source, so you know who really said it before you use it.
Someone who can do many things but none of them really well. Today it is often turned around to praise people with broad skills.
Read the full explanation →An hour spent idle is not free. If you could have been earning during that time, the wages you gave up are a real cost, on top of whatever you spent.
Read the full explanation →Keep wanting more and keep being willing to look foolish by trying new things. Jobs borrowed the words from the farewell issue of the Whole Earth Catalog.
Read the full explanation →A modern summary of Aristotle's ethics by the American historian Will Durant. The idea is Aristotle's; the sentence is Durant's.
See who really said it →Whatever work is in front of you, give it everything you have, because life is short and there will be no chance to do it later.
Read the full explanation →Steady, useful work protects us from three things that ruin lives: having nothing to do, falling into bad habits, and being poor.
Read the full explanation →Jobs urges graduates to follow their own judgment rather than other people's expectations, because life is short. He spoke from the experience of a recent cancer diagnosis.
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