Elon Musk

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

Elon Musk

If something is important enough, you do it even if the odds aren’t in your favor.

Elon Musk

My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.

Elon Musk

I don’t ever give up. I mean, I’d have to be dead or completely incapacitated.

Elon Musk

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we’re going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.

Elon Musk

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

Elon Musk

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

Elon Musk

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

Elon Musk

You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve.

Elon Musk

Actively seek out and listen carefully to negative feedback.

Elon Musk