Elon Musk

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

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

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

"Don't delude yourself into thinking something will be easy."

"Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."

"Life is too short to hang out with people who don't believe in you."

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

"I could either watch it happen or be a part of it."

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

"The key to high-performance teams is to make the individual feel that they are part of something bigger."

"Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week."

"If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day."

"There's a really good chance we crash and burn."

"I would like to die on Mars."

"Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world."

"The only reason for doing something is because it's important and you care about it."

"I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy."

"Life cannot just be about solving one problem after another."

"The future will be far stranger than the past."

"I think we should be mindful of making Mars habitable for future generations."

"You need to be in the position of maximum optionality."

"I don't really respect someone who just follows what they're told to do."

"It is unequivocally clear that consciousness requires extremely complex information processing."

"If you're trying to create a company, it's like eating glass and staring into an abyss."

"The future is exciting. It's not about Mars or self-driving cars."

"I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future."

"I think it would be wise to prioritize long-term goals over quarterly earnings."

"I'm not afraid of adversity; I'm afraid of not trying."

"One of the dumbest things people do is upgrade their life status too quickly."

"Well, I think it's important to be realistic about human nature."