Elon Musk Quotes

If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally and if something blocks one route, find another. Never give up.

You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up.

My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

You work hard. You have a dream. You don't give up.

There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting.

People often ask me for the secret to success. Usually, they mean success in the music industry, but I think the answer applies to most things in life: always persevere and never give up.

Successful people are willing to do things unsuccessful people will not do.

Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you.

Work hard at everything you do. Never give up. Never quit. Many people have talents but without the hard work you won't get anywhere.

Most people will not do the hard work it takes to make success easy. Don't be like most people.

And I thought well, if Tina Turner can go up there and she can give everything for 500 people, no matter how sick I am, I can make it happen too.

Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do - dedication, perseverance, courage, extreme self-discipline and prayers

One of my biggest influences of all time would probably be one of my soccer coaches, Coach Darlington, from high school. He was always trying to get me to push myself really hard. No excuses. I always hated him, but it paid off. I think that's what life is all about... when you push through the hard stuff and it pays off.

If you want to achieve what you dream of achieving, whatever it may be, you're going to have to earn it.

You've got to keep pushing, keep driving, because in this business, you're going to hear 'no' a lot more than you hear 'yes.'

If you start something, you shouldn't quit; that is what we were taught. If you're going to play, you might as well play to be your best.

The key to my perseverance was absolutely loving the craft of acting. I just figured that if I kept doing it, at the very least I would get better at acting. Even if I didn't become a tremendous success, as long as I knew I was improving and getting better, to me, that was success.

I was never a natural. I got there in the end because I did believe that if you work hard enough, then you can achieve a lot.

Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the hard work.