Elon Musk on Passion Quotes

"Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends."

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

"Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death. If you're not passionate, you will fail."

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

"There’s a tremendous amount of passion in the SpaceX team. They want to make life multi-planetary. That’s their goal."

"Great companies are built on great products."

"Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business - I'd say, No. 1 is have a high pain threshold."

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

"If you don't love what you do, you should just quit. Life is too short."

"If you're co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do... If you don't do your chores, the company won't succeed."

"It's very important to like the people you work with, otherwise your job will be quite miserable."

"I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen?'"

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

"Life has to be about more than just solving problems. There have to be things that inspire you, that make you glad to wake up in the morning."

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

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

"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."

"An entrepreneur should be able to do everything. You must be prepared to do whatever it takes."

"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."

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

"A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating."

"You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right."

"You need to be in a position where you're excited about the future."

"You want to wake up in the morning and think the future is going to be great - and that’s what being a spacefaring civilization is all about."

"I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side."

"My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world."

"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."

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

"If something is important enough, you should try; even if the probable outcome is failure."

"You need to have a very long-term time horizon to achieve something great."

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

"People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."

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