Donald Trump Quotes

You should have certainty in what you do. Anyone who has done anything in this world was hated. If you're not hated, you've done nothing.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

If you want to do something different, you're going to come up against a lot of naysayers.

When you do anything completely different from a beaten path, many tend to pounce on you.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress.

I'm a fan of polarization. If you make something that is palatable to everybody, it's like making vanilla ice cream, and I think we have enough of that.

I like to stand out in the crowd. So anytime a designer offers up items that are a little attention grabbing or pushing the boundaries ever so slightly, I'm always game for that.

I feel my role is to push boundaries. I don't like things to be safe and sedentary. So controversy is the cross I have to bear.

Sometimes you have to take the risk that somebody will consider what you're making is noise, but if you don't try it, then nothing will move forward. I'd rather people hate something than just go 'meh.'

Any time you make a big statement about something in the world, you are bound to ruffle some feathers.

Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

I guess edgy things tend to get my attention.

I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it!

Let me just say this - sometimes being a trailblazer is highly overrated.

You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention and sometimes somebody will throw a rock at you. That's the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians.

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

I am a leader, so leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.