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

One of the biggest challenges I think is making sure you have a corrective feedback loop, And then maintaining that corrective feedback loop over time even when people want to tell you exactly what you want to hear.

- Elon Musk

I taught myself how to program computers when I was a kid, bought my first computer when I was 10, and sold my first commercial program when I was 12.

- Elon Musk

Don't delude yourself into thinking something's working when it's not, or you're gonna get fixated on a bad solution

- Elon Musk

There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering

- Elon Musk

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

- Elon Musk

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

- Elon Musk

It's very important to like the people you work with, otherwise life [and] your job is gonna be quite miserable

- Elon Musk

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

- Elon Musk

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

- Elon Musk