10 Remarkable Elon Musk Quotes

  • Optimism, pessimism, f*** that – we’re going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.
  • Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
  • Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
  • You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.
  • 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. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
  • If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.
  • Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.
  • The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.
  • My biggest mistake is probably weighing too much on someone’s talent and not someone’s personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
  • You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it. Seek negative feedback, particularly from friends.