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

Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren’t criticized are those who don’t take risks.

Entrepreneurs are always taking feedback, especially from their customers, bankers, workers, and sales force.

In the end, you’re measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

Nothing is easy, but who wants nothing?

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.

My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.

Success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.

So many people are on television that don’t know me, and they’re like experts on me.

That’s my attitude on the military. I don’t like telling the enemy what I’m doing.

Our country is being run by incompetent people.

To be honest I inherited a mess. It’s a mess. At home and abroad, a mess.

I am never tired of winning, and as your president I will win for you, the American people. I’m with you!

No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.

The budget was unlimited, but I exceeded it.

I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created.

I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That’s were the fun is.

People get very creative if you include them.

With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.

What we’ve got to do is keep hope alive. Because without it we’ll sink.

Work with integrity and succeed with integrity.

The first draft of anything is shit.

Success depends on how many experiments you can fit into 24 hours.

A brand is simply trust.

If the customer loves you, the government will have to love you.