Steve Jobs Death Anniversary: Inspirational Quotes From Apple Co-Founder

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who is considered one of the greatest entrepreneurs and inventors of his time, died on Oct. 5, 2011, after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 56 when he died.

Right before losing his consciousness, Jobs looked at his wife, children, and sister and repeated the words "OH WOW" three times, his sister's eulogy in the New York Times stated.

On his death anniversary, here are some of his most memorable quotes, courtesy Wisdom Quotes and Hub Spot.

• "You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something—your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
• "Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."
• "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it."
• "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
• "People say you have to have a lot of passion for what you’re doing and it’s totally true. And the reason is because it’s so hard that if you don’t, any rational person would give up. It’s really hard. And you have to do it over a sustained period of time. So if you don’t love it, if you’re not having fun doing it, you don’t really love it, you’re going to give up."
• "Don’t take it all too seriously. If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever you were and throw them away."