Quotes from Donald J. Trump

The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.

As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big.

It doesn't hurt to get more education.

As long as your going to be thinking anyway, think big.

What's the point of having great knowledge and keeping them all to yourself?

I discovered, for the first time but not the last, that politicians don't care too much what things cost. It's not their money.

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.

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

You know what uranium is, right? This thing called nuclear weapons like lots of things are done with uranium including some bad things.

Our country, our people, and our laws have to be our top priority.

Leverage: don't make deals without it. Enhance

I like thinking big. I always have. To me it's very simple: if you're going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big. Most people think small, because most people are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning. And that gives people like me a great advantage. My

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.1   —President Gerald Ford

because much more often than you'd think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure. In

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

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.

Contrary to what a lot of people think, I don't enjoy doing press. I've been asked the same questions a million times now, and I don't particularly like talking about my personal life.

Most people think small because they are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning.

Luck does not come around often. So when it does, be sure to take full advantage of it, even if it means working very hard. When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve. That is the true meaning of thinking big.

A great leader has to be flexible, holding his ground on the major principles but finding room for compromises that can bring people together. A great leader has to be savvy at negotiations so we don't drown every bill in pork barrel bridges to nowhere. I know how to stand my ground — but I also know that Republicans and Democrats need to find common ground to stand on as well.

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.

You do your job, you keep your job. Do it well, you get a better job.

The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals. The

That experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make. Because