Quote Tag

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.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry.

As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.

One thing that I find very unmotivating is the kind of Plan B argument: when Earth gets destroyed, you want to be somewhere else. That doesn’t work for me. We have sent robotic probes now to every place in the solar system, and this is the best one.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they’re proud of.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

Nothing will work unless you do.

I know Elon, we’re very like minded in many ways. We’re not conceptual twins. One thing I want us to do is go to Mars, but for me it’s one thing. He’s singularly focused on that. I think motivation wise, for me I don’t find that Plan B idea motivating. I don’t want a plan B for Earth, I want Plan B to make sure Plan A works.