Quotes by Elon Musk

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

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

“ I think it would be great to be born on Earth and die on Mars. Just hopefully not at the point of impact. ”

“ No, I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated. ”

“ Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold. ”

“ It is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary. ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”

“ You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong. ”

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

“ It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, i.e. the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to. ”

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