Elon Musk on Confidence Quotes

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

"Constantly seek criticism. A well-thought-out critique of what you’re doing is as valuable as gold."

"Great companies are built on great products."

"I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done."

"I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated."

"I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems."

"If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not."

"If you're co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do."

"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."

"I take the position that I'm always to some degree wrong, and the aspiration is to be less wrong."

"I think it's possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."

"I think it’s very important to support the people you work with and believe in them."

"I think most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying."

"I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future."

"It's okay to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."

"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 would rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right."

"My biggest mistake is probably weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality."

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

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

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

"Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business - I'd say, number one is have a high pain threshold."

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

"The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office. It needs to be through engineering and design."

"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?"

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

"You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable."

"You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be better."

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

"Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death."

"You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it."

"Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time."