ELON MUSK MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES FOR STUDENTS

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

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

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

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

“The path to success is to take big, determined steps.”

“Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.”

“Don’t confuse schooling with education.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

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

“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.”

“The lessons of history would suggest that civilizations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far.”

“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 always have optimism, but I’m realistic. It was not with the expectation of great success that I started Tesla or SpaceX. It’s just that I thought they were important enough to do anyway.”

“I think it’s possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

“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?'”

“I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved.”

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

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

“If you need inspiring words, don’t do it.”

“The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements in combination with scale.”

“I don’t believe in process. In fact, when I interview a potential employee and he or she says that ‘it’s all about the process,’ I see that as a bad sign.”

“People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.”

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

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

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

“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 mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.”

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