Quote of the Day: Donald Trump on Success

Notice the hinge word: “might.” Donald Trump could have said “should” or “have to,” but “might” turns ambition into a choice, not a commandment. It implies permission, almost a shrug at the timid voice that insists on playing small. “I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.”

There’s a practical provocation tucked inside that casual phrasing: thinking is inevitable, so why spend that mental budget on cramped forecasts and defensive goals? Small thinking feels responsible because it reduces embarrassment risk. But it also quietly caps the upside, what you attempt, who you recruit, what solutions you’re willing to entertain, and how long you’ll persist when reality pushes back.

Thinking big isn’t the same as fantasizing. It’s a discipline of scope. It means starting with the largest credible impact, then reverse-engineering constraints rather than letting constraints write the first draft of your life. Big thinking expands the menu: bolder experiments, more imaginative partnerships, and a wider tolerance for “messy first versions.” It’s where leadership often begins, by describing a destination big enough that other people want to walk toward it with you.

Donald Trump built his public identity on outsized bets, branding, and spectacle long before politics turned him into a global figure. Whatever one’s view of his legacy, his career is a case study in how scale, real or projected, can shape opportunities and outcomes.

March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday that turned a story of exile into a worldwide celebration of identity and possibility. Today, apply the quote by naming one goal that scares you with its size, then taking one concrete step toward it, an email, a draft, a request, so courage stops being a mood and becomes a plan.