Quotes by and about Ivana Trump

"When you’re raised in a communist country, you lead a very Spartan life. You start with nothing, and you learn that you must work hard for everything and believe in yourself."

"I like to live. I like to dance. I like to eat. I like to work and I like my family. I like to enjoy. And-knock on wood-it’s nice that I can live this way."

"If people see your weaknesses they will take advantage of them."

"I’m a lady and I run my business with dignity."

"I run my operation like a family business. I sign every check, every receipt, I’m not tough, but I’m strong."

"Show me success without ego!"

"Donald Trump’s most towering achievement isn’t Trump Tower or Trump Casinos or any other of his dazzling great things and doings, it’s Ivana."
-- Malcolm S. Forbes

"She’s not only a mother who sensible but sensitively dotes on her good kids. She’s also a dynamo at the executive desk."
-- Malcolm S. Forbes

"I don’t know a lady in New York who doesn’t like her."
-- Food TV's Nina Griscom

"Ivana is almost as competitive as I am."
-- Donald Trump

"She loves all this, tearing into life, bringing along different groups, watching their jaws drop. It’s a good life, but it must be organized."
-- Julie Baumgold, New York Magazine