Donald John Trump (b.1946) is an American real estate developer and television personality. He was the 45th president of the United States.
A real estate developer, Trump became one of America’s best-known and most controversial businesspersons of the 1980s and 1990s. His New York City-based Trump Organization develops hotels, resorts, and other real estate undertakings. Trump also founded Trump Entertainment Resorts, which runs casinos and hotels.
Trump gained widespread recognition as a wealthy and eccentric celebrity. A mastermind at self-promotion, he branded many projects after himself—making his name a household word by the end of the 1980s. He was the host of the reality television program The Apprentice 2004–15. On that show, he popularized the colloquial expression “you’re fired,” used for dismissing a person from employment.
In 2016, Trump secured the Republican Party’s nomination and was elected to the presidency of the United States. He ran on a campaign that challenged the existing political establishment.
Trump described his life, career, and management skills in Trump: The Art of the Deal (1987) and Trump: The Art of Survival (1990.)
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I wasn’t satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Wealth
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that’s more productive.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Winning, Winners
The point is that you can’t be too greedy.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Greed
I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
—Donald Trump
You have to think anyway, so why not think big?
—Donald Trump
Topics: Dreams
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That’s where the fun is.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Present, Fun, The Present, Future, Action
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.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Experience
I’m a bit of a P. T. Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Praise
As long as you are going to think anyway—you might as well think BIG!
—Donald Trump
Topics: Vision
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Excitement, Money
What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Fate
Everything in life is luck.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Fortune, Luck
As long as you’re going to think anyway, think big.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Creativity
Take the pains required to become what you want to become, or you might end up becoming something you’d rather not be. That is also a daily discipline and worth considering.
—Donald Trump
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That’s how I get my kicks.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Business, Motivation
Without passion you don’t have energy, without energy you have nothing.
—Donald Trump
Topics: Energy
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