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Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005. Transcript of Steve Jobs’ address: news-service.stanford.edu Stanford University channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com
24 Responses to “Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address”
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September 27th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Spend some time and read the credits once in a while
September 27th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
very good info for a primary source. thanks for uploading! i will use it as a part of my history day project.
September 28th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I did’nt know yet that steve Jobs is also the Boss of pixar
October 1st, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Great speech!!!
October 4th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Impresionante
October 6th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
I probably agree with you more than I disagree, but my objection was to your phrasing: “living for pleasure.” To live for something is to devote yourself to it, to be infatuated with it, to fight for it. It is fine to enjoy pleasure (who doesn’t), but it is not worth living for: there are greater things.
October 10th, 2009 at 5:27 am
If you find value in the “right things”, then you understand my meaning of enjoyment.
Why is living for pleasures like a good meal, good company or a good book, etc. unlikely to be found? These are often defined as simple pleasures and is achievable everyday.
October 10th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
gutes vid ich und was männer angeht ab zu HeisseZone . com das wirds auf dem silber Tablett serviert
October 12th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Yes. If you live for pleasure, you are unlikely to find it. If you live for the right things, you will likely find them and pleasure thrown in.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Good luck with that =)
October 15th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
This guy is worth hearing, he is the incarnation of the self made man. Amazing man this Steve Jobs…
October 17th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Working for mac/appel is my dream, i love the stuf they make
October 19th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Great speech, I’m actually typing this message on a mac right now haha.
I really hope I can find something I love to do in life. Sometimes you think you’re going down the right path but sometimes it hits you that what you’re studying isn’t what you really want.
I agree with Steve that you should never stop looking for what you love to do, you’re going to do it for the rest of your life so you might as well like it at least
October 19th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Just one second stanford while I stroke myself behind this podium.
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I LOVE MAC!! THIS GUY IS GENIUS!!
October 25th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Find value in something. Do it, feel it or be in it – which ever applies. Appreciate what that something is. Repeat.
Is there anything wrong with living for pleasure?
October 26th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
“be foolish and hungry” . nice .
I guess he ment be hungry for knowledge .
Be foolish , never say i know every thing !!!
October 30th, 2009 at 8:02 am
what’s your prespective on “enjoying your time in life”. because if you believe that enjoying life is living for pleasure then our conversation won’t go anywhere
November 1st, 2009 at 6:37 pm
As he says: “don’t live someone else’s life”. Well, don’t live Steve Jobs’ either
Not going to school and many other things Steve Jobs has done could only work for someone like him. So, do go to school get a good education, do start a company of you have an idea, and convince the board you are right not John Scummy so that Newton would have been the Palm, iPod, the first MP3 player, iPhone the Nokia and… Steve Job’s losing the political battle to John Scully caused the world so so much!
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:51 pm
good jobs!
i hope things do fall into place for me im facing some very hard time right now and a kid my age shouldnt have the troubles or worries that have been placed on my shoulders…
November 6th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Thanks For the videos, Steve Jobs is no doubt one of the best speaker…. and successful person too…
November 9th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
although macs are expensive, they are d best.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Then we better colonize more ”room’” or else we are going to need another A. Hitler.
Our reality is no much different with Logan’s Run plot, where ppl were obliged to be killed by a giant laser at their 30th, so “room” won’t be overcrowded. 30 or 70 is no huge difference. Also overpopulation is overestimated, as as it was in that movie by laser people. Watch Overpopulation: The Making of a Myth
November 12th, 2009 at 2:17 am
What do you need to know?