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Need to make better decisions about Ambition? Peter Thiel's quotes serve as decision-making shortcuts, distilling complex thinking into clear principles. This collection is organized for quick reference, with full source context for every entry. Whether you're facing immediate choices or building long-term strategy around Ambition, these insights give you the clarity ambitious professionals demand.
"The single most important thing is to have a mission. You need a reason for being that is more than just making money."
"Money is either an end in itself, or it is a means to an end. But in a world of indefinite optimism, it is the only thing that is real."
"A startup is the largest endeavor over which you can have definite mastery. You can have agency not just over your own life, but over a small and important part of the world."
"You can't create a great company on a foundation of incrementalism."
"A great founder is someone who can take a vision and turn it into a reality through sheer force of will."
"The best startups might be considered slightly less than crazy, but they are certainly more than just a good idea."
"If you want to be wealthy, you must be willing to take risks and to fail."
"The only way to achieve extraordinary results is to do something extraordinary."
"The most successful companies make the world a better place by doing something for the first time."
"A startup is the largest group of people you can convince of a plan to build a different future."
"A startup is a team of people on a mission, and a good culture is just what that looks like on the inside."
"The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that's hidden from the outside."
"We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters."
"If you can’t find a way to be the best in the world at something, don’t do it."
"You need to have a sense of mission that transcends simple profit."
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