Quotes of Dwight D. Eisenhower - somelinesforyou

“ There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book... ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Pessimism never won any battle. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book... ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book... ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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