Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
You should be innovating so fast that you're invalidating your prior patents — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but […] once you do that, the rest is really easy. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I’m nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Going from PayPal, I thought: 'Well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made,… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
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. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
