ELON MUSK POSITIVE QUOTES

“The future belongs to those who embrace it with open arms.”

“Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”

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

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

“When something is important enough, you do it even if nobody else sees potential in it.”

“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day.”

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

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

“People work better when they know what the goal is and why.”

“Optimism, pessimism, f*** that; we’re going to make it happen.”

“Don’t confuse education with schooling. I didn’t go to Harvard, but people who work for me did.”

“If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are okay, nurture the sapling, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks its momentum will cause it to not get there.”

“Work like hell. I mean, you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. This improves the odds of success.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the probable outcome is a failure.” POSITIVE QUOTES BANNER

“The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.”

“Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.”

“If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”

“I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.”

“As much as possible, avoid hiring MBAs. MBA programs don’t teach people how to create companies.”

“Going from PayPal, I thought: ‘well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of humanity?’ Not from the perspective, ‘what’s the best way to make money?'”

“Hiring is the most important thing you do.”

“If you’re building a company, you’re not going to be able to do it on your own. No matter how much you invent, create or design, you need a team to help you execute.”

“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?”

“If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”

“I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.”

“It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket, as long as you control what happens to that basket.”

“It’s very important to like the people you work with, otherwise life and your job is gonna be quite miserable.”

“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day.”