"Try to be useful."
-- Elon Musk"People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."
-- Elon Musk"I was raised by books. Books, and then my parents."
-- Elon Musk"Science is discovering the essential truths about what exists in the Universe, engineering is about creating things that never existed."
-- Elon Musk"It is not the degree but the skill that achieves success."
-- Elon Musk"The duty of a leader is to serve their people, not for the people to serve them."
-- Elon Musk"I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad."
-- Elon Musk"No matter how hard you work, someone else is working harder."
-- Elon Musk"You want your net useful output to be maximized. Failure is irrelevant unless it is catastrophic."
-- Elon Musk"Stop being patient and start asking yourself, how do I accomplish my 10-year plan in 6 months?"
-- Elon Musk"I could either watch it happen or be a part of it."
-- Elon Musk"The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me."
-- Elon Musk"If humanity is to become multi-planetary, the fundamental breakthrough that needs to occur in rocketry is a rapidly and completely reusable rocket."
-- Elon Musk"Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson."
-- Elon Musk"I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens."
-- Elon Musk"I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in just using other people's money."
-- Elon Musk"I don't believe in process. In fact, when I interview a potential employee and they say that 'it's all about the process,' I see that as a bad sign."
-- Elon Musk"My biggest mistake is probably weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. It actually matters whether somebody has a good heart."
-- Elon Musk"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."
-- Elon Musk"I've always wanted to be part of something that would radically change the world."
-- Elon Musk"An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us... we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw."
-- Elon Musk"Optimism, pessimism, f*** that; we’re going to make it happen."
-- Elon Musk"If you need inspiring words, don't do it."
-- Elon Musk"Physics is the only real law. Everything else is a recommendation."
-- Elon Musk