Donald Trump Quotes

500 Donald Trump Quotes

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My father always trusted me. He’d been in business for fifty years, but he’d never let anyone else in the company sign his checks until I came to work. He had absolutely no doubt about my ability. His faith gave me unshakable confidence.
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My father never wanted to build in Manhattan… He’d say, ‘If I can buy a piece of land for a dollar a square foot in Brooklyn, why should I pay a thousand dollars a square foot in Manhattan?’
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When I was in college, I thought about becoming a movie producer, but whenever I talked to a friend about real estate, he would say, ‘Why would you want to make movies when you already know so much about real estate?’
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One of my favorite billionaires is Warren Buffett…
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One of many things I admire about Warren [Buffett] is that in all of his years as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, he has never sold one share of stock.
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Even when I’m playing golf, I’m doing business. I never stop, and I’m usually having fun.
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Most successful people have very short attention spans. It has a lot to do with imagination.
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Don’t sleep any more than you have to. I usually sleep about four hours per night.
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I have friends who are successful and sleep ten hours a night, and I ask them, ‘How can you compete against people like me if I sleep only four hours?’ It rarely can be done. No matter how brilliant you are, there’s not enough time in the day.
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When I go to restaurants, I rarely have to pay. It’s usually on the house. The sad part is that if I needed the money, they would make me pay!
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Pick up the phone and make sure they heart the sincerity in your voice. E-mail is for wimps.
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It’s often to your advantage to be underestimated.
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It’s often necessary to boast, but it’s even better if others do it for you.
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Success breeds success.
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The best way to impress people is through results.
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Friends are good, but family is better.
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Treat each decision like a lover.
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Be curious. A successful person is always going to be curious.
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Perhaps one day you’ll join the billionaires’ club. I’m sure I’ll enjoy your company.
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Real estate is at the core of almost every business, and it’s certainly at the core of most people’s wealth.
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I hate the phrase ‘location, location, location’ because I’ve seen a lot of idiots ruin good locations and a lot of geniuses make incredible investments out of horrible locations.
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Every dollars you pour into rent is a dollar you could be using elsewhere…
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Tenants who cannot pay their rent will go nowhere fast…
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Some investors make the dumb mistake of assuming that new constructions do not require building inspections. Wrong! New constructions often have the largest problems…
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The lower the interest rate, the higher the possible fees. Read the fine print.
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I love to buy beautiful trees. Sometimes, though, those trees aren’t in nurseries; sometimes they are in a person’s backyard.
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Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure as hell can buy some great trees.
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I knew some contractors who took two months to finish renovating a single shower because they had so many ‘emergencies’ at home they couldn’t seem to get anything done. The poor couple believed every sob story…
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When you have a lot of money, it can cause misery. But I’d rather have that kind of misery than the misery without it.
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Money may not grow from trees, but it does grow from talent, hard work, and brains.
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You can create luck.
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Good investing requires financial intelligence.
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Good investors are good students. It’s as simple as that.
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Genius is the ability to assemble in new forms what already exists…
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Sometimes the youngest people are the greatest geniuses.
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Education is a money machine.
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The market is a crazy, interconnected monster, and you have to know how a change in one part will affect the whole best – otherwise, it will clobber you.
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The worst thing you can do is be timid and let your money just sit in your savings account.
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Your money should be at work at all times.
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Even in the worst economy, there is no excuse for putting money under the bed.
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