Leo Tolstoy Quotes

You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.

Foreign universities have two aspects - content and brand. If we focus on the brand, we could lose out on the content. The idea is to focus on the content.

It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good.

We have to make sure, at Apple, that we stay true to focus, laser focus - we know we can only do great things a few times, only on a few products.

More is not necessarily better. Better is better.

You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.

Less is only more where more is no good.

It took me a long time to figure out that I didn't have to do everything, that it was actually a lot more helpful if I did a couple things really, really well than a whole bunch of things really badly, or nothing at all, because the whole thing was overwhelming.

My iPhone background says, 'If you build it, they'll come.' You know, quality over quantity. And I really live by that.

I just take everything one at a time and make sure everything I do is the best.

It's not about having it all. It's about having what you value most.

To use is necessary. And if you can't be used, then you're useless.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

If you are going to have less things, they have to be great things.

Much better to do fewer things and have time to make the most of them.

To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity.

Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.

I focus on things that are the highest value and do them perfectly.

Something needn't be large to be good.

No book so bad but some part may be of use.

With type as with philosophy, music and food, it is better to have a little of the best than to be swamped with the derivative, the careless, the routine.

... and you can only have 2 or 3 things everyday, because everything else will just come at you; you know fires in a day.

Keep the best, forget the rest.

Know the philosophy, know the details, and ignore everything in the middle.

Eliminate the unnecessary and focus on the substance.