Steve Jobs Quotes

I should have done it yesterday, but honestly this gentleman deserves today. Here are five inspirational Steve Jobs quotes via Mashable that show how important it is to take advantage of life and everything it has to offer:

“Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

“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. And, with any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”

“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day like its your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and ever since then, for the last 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.”

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and everyone should be really excellent. Because this is our life.”

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”

Steve Jobs Resigns: Apple Stock Tumbles in After-Hours Trading, Analysts remain Optimistic.

Apple's stock is tumbling in after-hours trading on news that Steve Jobs is resigning as head of the company. After closing at $376.18, Apple stock has dropped five percent to $357.02 as of 7:59ET, according to NASDAQ.

Jobs, who cited an inability to meet his "duties and expectations as Apple's CEO" as the causes for his stepping down after 14 years, continues to battle a form of pancreatic cancer more treatable than other forms of the disease.

He would be replaced by Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook. Many analysts say Jobs, who was last year named "World's Most Valuable CEO" by Barron's, leaves a fundamentally-sound company able to survive without him at the helm.

"The real takeaway is not to underestimate the bench," Kevin Dede, an analyst at Brigantine Advisors, told Reuters. "He's got an amazing cast supporting the operation of the company."

Cook, who has served as COO since 2004, is "highly regarded" inside apple, Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw LLC also told Reuters. "From a succession perspective they could not possibly identify a better candidate."

Cook has already served in the role of interim CEO multiple times over the course of Jobs' battle with cancer, and the effect on stock prices has been mixed. On January 17, when Apple's board of directors last granted Jobs a leave of absence, Apple's stock dipped 6.2 percent to $326.72 on January 21 from $348.48 on January 14, before again rising. Still, even as stocks dropped, analysts expressed confidence in Cook's abilities to lead the company with Jobs.

"Cook has performed flawlessly in the past as AAPL's interim CEO," Gleacher's Brian Marshall said in January, according to Fortune. "[W]e expect he will become the full-time CEO of Apple this year with Jobs hopefully serving as a senior advisor."

In January, Fortune says, Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore called Cook a "proven operator and very capable of managing Apple's day to day operations." He added: "We also believe Apple's product road-map for the next 12 months is largely set and Cook (and team) will ensure acute execution on that road-map."

January 2009, when Jobs first took a leave of absence, Apple was in the middle of recovering from a stock market fall down that caused the company's stock to drop by over 50 percent, according to Forbes. That time, Apple continued its steady recovery from the financial collapse instead of Jobs' absence.