Donald Trump

Don’t underestimate yourself or your possibilities.

You will reap what you sow,’ rings true again. And you will be reaping it. A good thing to think about.

She does have a very nice figure… If [Ivanka] weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.

When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I’m basically the same. The temperament is not that different.

Our country is in serious trouble. We don’t have victories any more. We used to have victories but [now] we don’t have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let’s say, China, in a trade deal? They kill us. I beat China all the time. All the time.

I have learned that what is essential can sometimes be invisible to the eye. That’s where discernment comes in.

It is flagrantly dishonest for an advertising agent to urge consumers to buy a product which he would not allow his own wife to buy.

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

[on Steve jobs] Our relationship was based almost always on him calling up and asking, ‘Is this a good deal?’ I’m not in his business, and I wasn’t trying to be. I was just a guy who admired him a lot and was flattered he wanted my advice.

Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.

Work is our sanity, our self-respect, our salvation. The day’s work is the center of everything.

Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It’s done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

If your dreams don’t scare you they are too small.

In Moscow I feel most comfortable. I’m used to four different seasons; it’s difficult for people in London to understand. People brought up in Russia like my kids want to play in the snow.

If you go through some big corporate change, it’s just not going to be the same. If we sold to Yahoo, they would have done something different; if you want to continue your vision of the company, then don’t sell because there’s inevitably going to be some change.

A low wage business is always insecure.

Our friendship was based on my payouts. That wasn’t a friendship when – as, for example, it’s me, my friends, we are friends for many years, and it doesn’t matter for me what the position is, where they work; we simply are friends. And with Mr. Berezovsky, our friendship was based on my payoffs.

They encouraged me to always look for the good in people instead of assuming the worst and trying to find fault.