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Inspirational Quotes by Elon Musk

62 Inspirational quotes by Elon Musk

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Elon Musk tells us that most people can learn far more than they think, if they try. He says important goals deserve effort even when failure looks likely, and that innovation should move so fast it makes old ideas obsolete. Persistence and asking the right questions are key to success.

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Don't be afraid of new arenas.

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It's a fixer-upper of a planet but we could make it work.

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I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.

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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

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“If you need inspiration, don't do it.”

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Many things are improbable, only a few are impossible.

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America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.

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With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.

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You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.

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

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I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

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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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When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

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When you struggle with a problem, that's when you understand it.

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The tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but […] once you do that, the rest is really easy.

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I’m nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible.

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You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix…

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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…

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Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be…

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My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on…

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To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I…

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The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I…

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I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.

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The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department.…

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Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds…

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Let's think beyond the normal stuff and have an environment where that sort of thinking is encouraged and rewarded and where it's…

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I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better…

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It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent…

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If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to…

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Yeah, well I think anyone who likes fast cars will love the Tesla. And it has fantastic handling by the way. I…

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An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear…

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I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.

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As a child I would just question things...

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Life is too short for long-term grudges.

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I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email.

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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,…

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You should be innovating so fast that you're invalidating your prior patents

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

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You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.

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“I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I just try to think about the future and not be sad”

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Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.

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If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

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.

The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed…

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If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure.

You should be innovating so fast that you're invalidating your prior patents

I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.

I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.