Donald Trump Quotes

“Good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all. Controversy, in short, sells.”

“I have a very simple rule when it comes to management: hire the best people from your competitors, pay them more than they were earning, and give them bonuses and incentives based on their performance. That’s how you build a first-class operation.”

“I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That’s were the fun is.”

“I’ve always felt that a lot of modern art is a con, and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists.”

“If it can’t be fun, what’s the point?”

“Much more often than you’d think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.”

“One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow. There are people—I categorize them as life’s losers—who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others. As far as I’m concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn’t be fighting me, they’d be doing something constructive themselves.”

“Politicians don’t care too much what things cost. It’s not their money.”

“The most important thing in life is to love what you’re doing, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.”

“You can take the smartest kid who gets straight A’s and has a 170 IQ, and if he doesn’t have the instincts, he’ll never be a successful entrepreneur. Moreover, most people who do have the instincts will never recognize that they do, because they don’t have the courage or the good fortune to discover their potential. Instead, they’ll be content to sit and watch stars perform on television.”

“You don't reward failure by promoting those responsible for it, because all you get is more failure.”