When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
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More Elon Musk Quotes
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Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.
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Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.
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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.
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My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.
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We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.
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What is simple in one arena is often profound in another.
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The thing that’s worth doing is trying to improve our understanding of the world and gain a better appreciation of the universe and not to worry too much about there being no meaning.
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Many things are improbable, only a few are impossible.
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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
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People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.
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I read books and talked to people. I mean that’s kind of how one learns anything. There’s lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.
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We should be excited about the future & striving to go beyond the horizon!
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It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done.
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Best place to view is from the beach. Excitement guaranteed!
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Mars is to Earth, as Terminus was to Trantor.
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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.
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Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
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Talent is extremely important. It’s like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.
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If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.
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You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.
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I’ve actually not read any books on time management.
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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. No task is too menial.
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Weighing too much on someone’s talent and not someone’s personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
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Goal of government should be to maximize the happiness of the people. Giving each person money allows them to decide what meets their needs, rather than the blunt tool of legislation, which creates self-serving special interests.
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A company is a group of people organized to create a product or service, and that product or service is only as good as the people in the company.
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Never trust cynics, as they excuse their own bad deeds by telling themselves everyone does it.
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