Stanford University commencement address (12 June 2005)
He is considered to have been a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs was the Walt Disney Company’s largest individual shareholder and a former member of its Board of Directors. He was also the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios until it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2006. Steven Paul Jobs (24 February 1955 – 5 October 2011) was the Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc., a company he founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Think to yourself that every day is your last the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise. Grata superveniet, quae non sperabitur hora. Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin. The comedian Fred Allen (1894-1956) added a humorous twist in 1953: “Live every day as if it were your last-and some day you’ll be right.” The jazz musician Cannonball Adderley (1928-1975) also used the line in 1961: “Live every day like it’s your last, and one day you ll be right.” The Latin lyric poet Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C.) wrote ” Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum, grata superveniet, quae non sperabitur hora,” partly translated as “Live each day as though it were your last.” The saying was popularly used by theologians in 19th century America. “When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: ‘If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.’ It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 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?’” founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) delivered an emotional and personal commencement address at Stanford University in 2005:
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