39 Inspirational Quotes by Elon Musk on Success & Progress
Elon Musk, is a South African born entrepreneur and the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. He first started his career with the founding of Zip2, which was eventually sold to Compaq for US$305 Million with Musk pocketing US$22 Million. With the proceeds, Elon decided to start another company known X.com, an online bank, eventually merging with Confinity to become PayPal. Paypal was then later sold for US1.5 Billion to eBay.
Clearly, Musk has a unique ability to build successful companies from the ground up and we have therefore selected the most inspiring Quotes by Elon Musk on Success & progress for use in our own every day lives.
Quotes by Elon Musk
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favour.”
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“It is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”
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“I’m not trying to be anyone’s savior. I’m just trying to think about the future and not be sad.”
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“Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.”
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“I don’t ever give up. I’d have to be dead or completely incapacitated”
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“Darkness is merely the absence of light.”
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“If you need inspiration, don’t do it.”
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“I think it would be great to be born on Earth and die on Mars. Just hopefully not at the point of impact.”
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“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.”
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“You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.”
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Inspirational Quotes by Elon Musk
“You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve”
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“The first step is to establish that something is possible then probability will occur.”
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“I’ve actually not read any books on time management.”
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“Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.”
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“Constantly think about how you could be doing things better.”
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“It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
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“I take the position that I’m always to some degree wrong, and the aspiration is to be less wrong.”
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“Every person in your company is a vector. Your progress is determined by the sum of all vectors.”
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“I was raised by books. Books, and then my parents”
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“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.”
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Motivational Quotes by Elon Musk
“People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.”
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“There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.”
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“I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.”
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“I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.”
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“In order for us to have a future that’s exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we’re a space-bearing civilization.”
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“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.”
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“There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future?”
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“Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.”
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“With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon.”
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“Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.”
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“We are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.”
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Our Favorite Quotes by Elon Musk
“When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.”
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“Life cannot just be about solving one miserable problem after another.”
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“I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.”
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“I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.”
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“Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence.”
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“If I’m not in love, if I’m not with a long-term companion, I cannot be happy.”
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“We are the first species capable of self-annihilation.”
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“Man has the power to act as his own destroyer – and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.”
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We hope that you enjoyed our selection of Quotes by Elon Musk. If so, then perhaps you may also like our collection of quotes by Bill Gates!
My favorite: “Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.” I hate having to read the instructions 😁 Great Quotes!
Yes, when you think about it, it really does make sense 😀