Donald Trump

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.

President Reagan put it best: Welfare’s purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

The concept of shaking hands is absolutely terrible, and statistically I’ve been proven right.

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

I think I was born with the drive for success because I have a certain gene.

Take the firearms first, and then go to court. A lot of times by the time you go to court, it takes so long to go to court to get the due process procedures, I like taking the guns early … Take the gun first, go through due process second.

If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God’s sake.

And give… give more credit to others and don’t assume they’re mean until you know they’re actually mean.

The best leaders are humble enough to realize their victories depend upon their people.

Leaders, true leaders, take responsibility for the success of the team, and understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

Respect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.

Leaders who are effective are leaders who are disciplined in their daily lives.

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.

But real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.

The very essence of leadership is having vision.

The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

If you wouldn’t follow yourself, why should anyone else?

I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit.

Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.