Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of April 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$809 billion.
WikipediaElon Musk Quotes (13)
"It's very important to like the people you work with, otherwise life and your job is gonna be quite miserable."
View quote details →"Life needs to be more than just solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be excited about the future."
View quote details →"I take the position that I'm always to some degree wrong, and the aspiration is to be less wrong."
View quote details →"You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve."
View quote details →"One of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask. Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy."
View quote details →"Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."
View quote details →"If life is a video game, the graphics are great, but the plot is confusing and the tutorial is way too long."
View quote details →"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."
View quote details →"Life is too short for long-term grudges."
View quote details →"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."
View quote details →"I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
View quote details →"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."
View quote details →"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
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