Quotes from Donald Trump

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

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.

Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.

I've read hundreds of books about China over the decades. I know the Chinese. I've made a lot of money with the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind.

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.

I know words. I have the best words.

Remember There's No Such Thing As An Unrealistic Goal – Just Unrealistic Time Frames

Don't get sidetracked. If you do get sidetracked, get back on track as soon as possible. Ultimately sidetracking kills you.

You know, it really doesn`t matter what (the media) write as long as you`ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.

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.

And if it can't be fun, what's the point?

Watch, listen, and learn. You can't know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.

MY STYLE of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I'm after.

Everything in life is luck.

My people keep telling me I shouldn't write letters like this to critics. The way I see it, critics get to say what they want to about my work, so why shouldn't I be able to say what I want to about theirs?

success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.

There's an old German proverb to the effect that "fear makes the wolf bigger than he is," and that is true.

I like to think of the word FOCUS as Follow One Course Until Successful.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the ability to act effectively, in spite of fear.

If you don't have a positive attitude in business and in life, you will never, ever be successful.

In business, I've discovered that my purpose is to do my best to my utmost ability every day. That's my standard. I learned early in my life that I had high standards.

I am pro-life. I hate the concept of abortion.

What my father gave me more than anything else is great tutoring and a great brain, frankly. You know, my father's brother was a top person at MIT, went to MIT, graduated from MIT, was a teacher at MIT, a professor at MIT, a great engineer. I mean, you know, I have very good genes.

So we really need jobs now. We have to take jobs away from other countries because other countries are taking our jobs. There is practically not a country that does business with the United States that isn't making - let's call it a very big profit. I mean China is going to make $300 billion on us at least this year.