52 Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes (LEADERSHIP)

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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it's the size of the fight in the dog. — What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

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

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

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

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

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely.

Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like. — Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom. — If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is **freedom**.

Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. — This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful **fear** and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual **trust** and **respect**.

20 Wise Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes on America and World War 2 (LEADERSHIP)

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible... — The supreme quality for **leadership** is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real **success** is possible…

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened. — Get it all on record now – get the films – get the witnesses – because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.

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.

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

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. — You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not **leadership**.

I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! — I have full **confidence** in your **courage** and **devotion** to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking. — **Good luck**! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. — We cannot mortgage the material **assets** of our **grandchildren** without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage.

We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

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.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

21 Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes on Life and Freedom (PEACE)

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. — Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the **future** to run over him.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. — We are going to have **peace** even if we have to fight for it.

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

No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry. — No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.

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… — 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…

Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives. — Never question another man’s **motive**. His **wisdom**, yes, but not his motives.

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. — Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.

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

The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice. — The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

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

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were. — There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. — 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. — 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.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. — **Peace** and justice are two sides of the same coin.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. — Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, **consideration** and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal **peace**.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Short Biography

Born on 14 October 1890 in Denison, Texas, United States, Dwight David Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, a five-star general, and served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force.

After graduating high school, Eisenhower joined the U.S. Military Academy. He was soon commissioned as a second lieutenant.

During World War I, Eisenhower commanded a tank training center and also received a Distinguished Service Medal.

In 1926, Eisenhower graduated from Army War College. He became an aide de camp for General Douglas MacArthur. In 1933, he accompanied MacArthur to the Philippines.

After 37 years in the Army, Eisenhower decided to retire and started campaigning for the U.S. presidency. While campaigning, Eisenhower was well received by the citizens.

He was inaugurated into office on January 20, 1953, and he eventually ran for a second term.

As a president, Eisenhower is known for having ended the Korean war and keeping peace in America.

Further Reading:

The Brilliant Prudence of Dwight Eisenhower – The Atlantic
Dwight Eisenhower: Lessons from the ‘Balancer In Chief’ – McKinsey & Company
Ike Takes Helm in a ‘Time of Tempest’ – The Washington Post

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