Donald Trump Leaves Audience Speechless [2026 Motivational Video]

Never, ever give up. There'll be times in your life you'll want to quit, you'll want to go home. So many people that have really hit big have gone against the tide, but you have to have great confidence in yourself. You have to be the right person. There are very few people that can pull it off, but when you pull it off, it's great. In order to be successful, and you people are well on the road to success, you have to find out what makes you excited, what makes you want to get up each morning and go to work. If you love what you do and dedicate yourself to your work, then you will gain momentum. You will gain that momentum. You have to. And each success will create another success. I always tell this to people, you have to know whether or not you continue to have the momentum. And if you don't have it, that's okay. Because you're going to go on, and you're going to learn, and you're going to do things that are great. But you have to know about the word momentum. But the big thing, never quit, never give up. Do something you love. When you do something you love, as a Scout, I see that you love it. But when you do something that you love, you'll never fail. What you're going to do is give it a shot again and again and again. You're ultimately going to be successful. And remember this, you're not working. Because when you're doing something that you love, like I do, of course I love my business, but when you do something that you love, remember this, it's not work. So you'll work 24-7. You're going to work all the time. And at the end of the year, you're not really working. You don't think of it as work. When you're not doing something that you like, or when you're forced in to do something that you really don't like, that's called work, and it's hard work and tedious work. So as much as you can, do something that you love, work hard, and never, ever give up, and you're going to be tremendously successful. I went to the Wharton School of Finance, and in that school, I met a lot of people. People heading industry today and over the past. Very smart people. But I've watched some of the people grow. I've watched some of the most incredible, brilliant students, and they didn't make it like other people made it because they didn't have that drive, they didn't have that never-give-up ability. I don't know if it's an ability or if you have it, just you can't quit. And I've seen people quitting. And if they would have held out longer, they would have been successful. I've seen it so much. I've seen some of the most brilliant people in the world that never made it because they were quitters. One of the most important things, never, ever quit. Never quit. They were just quitters, they would quit. They just couldn't take it, they couldn't whatever. One of the things about loving what you do is that it's not work, and therefore you don't quit automatically. It's a lot easier not to quit. But you can never give up. Now, you have to also have flexibility, though. You can't necessarily say, I'm never giving up, I'm going to... And you got to be able to weave and bob. You don't have to go through a concrete wall when you can go over it or around it or under it or something. You have to have flexibility. You have to always be able to change course a little bit, maybe always with that same goal. But don't quit. We're on this planet for a very, very small period of time. And achievement is something that really gives you great pleasure. And when you achieve something, that's great. But now, on to the next. Very important, you keep going. I've always believed in positive thinking. At the same time, I don't want to mislead. I also believe in aspiring, in terms of what you're doing, aspiring to protect against the downside. You can't just be this wonderful guy walking around, everything's positive, because, unfortunately, that's not the way the world is. I love to tell people to think about the challenges so that when they do come along, you're ready. I was no different when I was 20 years old, believe me. I wanted to be successful. I wanted to get out of Brooklyn. I said, Pop, I love you, but I want to get out of Brooklyn. I love Brooklyn, but I want to get out. And I love those buildings. I looked from Queens and Brooklyn, and I'd see those big buildings, those big skyscrapers in Manhattan. I said, Pop, that's what I want to do. That's what I wanted to do. I was approached by NBC and Mark Burnett to do a show that they had entitled The Apprentice. Now, I had an agent, a big, big, big agent, and he was a great agent. But I shook Mark Burnett's hand, and NBC was dying to do it, and they said, we'll only do it if you do it, Trump. You're the only one we want. Nobody else. So I was honored, and I said, you know, okay, I'm going to do it. I knew nothing about television. Nothing. So my agent calls me. I heard you accepted doing The Apprentice. I won't let you do it. Jim said, Donald, in the history of television, there's never been a primetime show about business or what you're trying to do that succeeded. I said, I wish you told me that. Then he said, and only 3% of the shows that go on television make it. So in other words, you're probably going to have a failure anyway, but you'll definitely have a failure. I'm your agent. I do not want you to do this show. So I said, you know, Jim, I have a problem. I shook the hand of NBC, and I shook the hand of Mark Burnett. I said, I shook the hand. He said, it doesn't matter. You can't do it. I said, I have to do it. Anyway, time goes by. We do the show. It goes on. It starts at number 10. It goes to 8. It goes to 5 and 4. It then goes to number 2. And the following week, it's the number 1 show on television. And I knew it was good because I didn't know what the word rating meant. I didn't know is that good or bad. But I knew it was good because the chairman of NBC called me. It was my birthday. And it was 7 in the morning. And he called. He said, Donald, I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. Now, to me, as an instinctive businessman, that means we're doing okay, right? My wife said, who was that? I said, that was the chairman of NBC. He wanted to wish me happy. She said, darling, it's like 6.30 in the morning. So we went out, and I get a call from the agent. And he calls me also. But his call was like at 8. He said, Donald, congratulations. I'd like to see you. I said, Jim, what do you want to see me about? He said, well, your show just hit number 1. And if you don't mind, I think I'm entitled to a very substantial commission. I said, how much do you think you're entitled to? Well, how about $2 or $3 million? I said, Jim, you're fired. And that was it. The point is, number 1, I shook hands. I want to honor my handshake. I would have, had I not shaken hands, I would have really listened to Jim. So that's important. But number 2 is, sometimes in life to be successful, oftentimes, most of the time, you have to follow your instincts. You have to follow your gut. You have to. Your parents may say wrong. Your whoever may say wrong. But you have to do it. Now, speaking of that, you've got to love what you do. And I've seen so many instances where people with great talent went into things that they didn't love. And they failed. I would always say to people, and I'd see people, and I'd say, you've got to love what you do. Because, you know, if you love what you do, you work harder. But it's not work. I love, I just bought Doral. I was telling Jerry, I just bought Doral. 800 acres in the middle of Miami. Gorgeous. I'm so excited. I want to fix it up. I love taking things and fixing. Taking things and building. I love building. I almost like fixing better. Because if you're smart, if you're really smart, you can save a lot of money. When the building is there. The foundations are built. The steel is up. The walls are up. And then, you know, you have people say, renovation costs you more money. Those are people that aren't smart people. I know that for a fact you renovated a couple of buildings here and did very well. That you could never ever do if you had to build new. If you build new, I love that too. I do it both ways. But there's something great about the renovation project. You've got to love what you do. You've got to work hard. Never ever quit. Never ever give up. Because that's the other thing. I've seen people that are super genius. But they don't have that gut feeling. They don't have that stick-to-itiveness. That never quit. And I've seen people that almost made it and failed. Because they couldn't go that extra mile. They couldn't do it. So you get something. You never ever quit. Never ever give up. You know, when people ask me about success, I've just started thinking about it over the last couple of years. Because I've seen a lot of it. You have to have an ability to handle pressure. Because you, no matter how successful you are, I have many, many friends and enemies. A lot of enemies, too. I don't care. But they're smart. I have a lot of enemies. And I've watched people and I've seen it. And people that can handle pressure can be entrepreneurs, can be successful. Now, I have some friends that are really, really smart. But they can't handle pressure. In which case, they should work for somebody, do great, and have a good life. There's nothing wrong with it. Because I almost think that's an instinctive thing, the ability to handle pressure. Now, one of the things I tell people about pressure is, you know what, they said, how do you handle pressure? Who's had more pressure than me? Have I had pressure over the years? You have to remember, it doesn't matter. God matters. Your family matters. It doesn't matter. And if you say it, I have some people, they say, I've got to be successful. I've got to be. They'll never be successful. It's too crazy. They can't think straight. Does that make sense? Does that make sense to you that was going crazy, standing up about your success, right? So you've got to be able, you've got to be able to sort of say to yourself, nothing matters that much other than the real big deals with family, with your faith, etc. Okay. Always have passion. You've got to have passion for your family, for your life, for your church, for whatever it is, you've got to have that passion. Ask yourself, with all of those blessings, and all of the blessings that you've been given, what will you give back to this country and indeed to the world? What imprint will you leave in the sands of history? Did we take risks? Did we dare to defy expectations? Did we challenge accepted wisdom and take on established systems? Just give in because it was the easy way, it was the traditional way, or it was the accepted way. Remember this, nothing worth doing ever, ever, ever came easy. Following your convictions means you must be willing to face criticism from those who lack the same courage to do what is right, and they know what is right, but they don't have the courage or the guts or the stamina to take it and to do it. It's called the road less traveled. I know that each of you will be a warrior when you start small, pursue a big vision, and never, ever quit. You never quit. If I give you one message to hold in your hearts today, it's this, never, ever give up. There'll be times in your life you'll want to quit, you'll want to go home, you'll want to go home perhaps to that wonderful mother that's sitting back there watching you and say, Mom, I can't do it. I can't do it. Just never quit. Go back home and tell Mom, Dad, I can do it. I can do it. I will do it. You're going to be successful. I've seen so many brilliant people. They gave up in life. They were totally brilliant. They were top of their class. They were the best students. They were the best of everything. They gave up. I've seen others who really didn't have that talent or that ability and they're among the most successful people today in the world because they never quit and they never gave up. So just remember that. Never stop fighting for what you believe in and for the people who care about you. Carry yourself with dignity and pride. Demand the best from yourself and be totally unafraid to challenge entrenched interests and failed power structures. The more people tell you it's not possible, that it can't be done, the more you should be absolutely determined to prove them wrong. Treat the word impossible as nothing more than motivation. Relish the opportunity to be an outsider. Embrace that label. Being an outsider is fine. Embrace the label because it's the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and lasting difference. The more that a broken system tells you that you're wrong, the more certain you should be that you must keep pushing ahead. You must keep pushing forward. And always have the courage to be yourself. Most importantly, you have to do what you love. You have to do what you love. I've seen so many people, they're forced through lots of reasons, sometimes including family, to go down a path that they don't want to go down. To go down a path that leads them to something that they don't love, that they don't enjoy. You have to do what you love or you most likely won't be very successful at it. As you build good lives, you will also be rebuilding our nation. You will be leaders in your communities, stewards of great institutions, and defenders of liberty. And you will be great mothers, and fathers, and grandmothers, and grandfathers, loving friends, and loving family members. You will build a future. You will have the confidence to speak the hopes in your hearts and to express the love that stirs your souls. May God bless all of you here today. Thank you very much.