When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.

Similar Elon Musk quotes:
Other Entrepreneurship :
- Nothing is worse to an organisation than culture of fear
- Companies are rarely criticized for the things that they failed to try. But they are, many times, criticized for things they tried and failed at.
- Stress comes from ignoring the things that you shouldn’t be ignoring.
- If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.
- There is no shortcut to success.
- You cannot begin, until you begin.
- Success is made of 1% of luck and 99% of sweat.
- We trade real estate for technology (which gets cheaper and more capable every year).
- Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
- Big things start small.
- Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts.
- I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- The goal was never to bear the competition, or to make a lot of money. It was to do the greatest thing possible, or even a little greater
- Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin.
- Success, for most people, requires unlearning as much as learning.
- Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.
- Success lives on your sweat. Determination makes it pleasurable. Action makes it attainable.
- Dream big but always plan small
- An entrepreneur with strong network makes money even when he is asleep.
- Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.