Elon Musk Quotes

“Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”

“It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”

“What makes innovative thinking happen?… I think it’s really a mindset. You have to decide.”

“I wouldn’t say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I’d like my fear emotion to be less because it’s very distracting and fries my nervous system.”

“Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive, and determination of the people behind it as the product they sell.”

“The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.”

“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”

“Don’t delude yourself into thinking something’s working when it’s not, or you’re gonna get fixated on a bad solution.”

“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”

 “I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved.”

“When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.”

“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.”

“Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends. … Hardly anyone does that, and it’s incredibly helpful.”

“People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.”

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

“I’ve actually not read any books on time management.”

“I would just question things… It would infuriate my parents… That I wouldn’t just believe them when they said something ’cause I’d ask them why. And then I’d consider whether that response made sense given everything else I knew.”

“I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.”

“When somebody has a breakthrough innovation, it is rarely one little thing. Very rarely, is it one little thing. It’s usually a whole bunch of things that collectively amount to a huge innovation.”

“You shouldn’t do things differently just because they’re different. They need to be… better.”

 “I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.”

“Disruptive technology where you really have a big technology discontinuity… tends to come from new companies.”

“Talent is extremely important. It’s like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.”

“I’m interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you’re like, ‘Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'”

 “I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.”