105 result(s) for Eisenhower Quotes.
"In order to be a leader, a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must be credible."
"The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions."
"Every land is a new land to those who travel it for the first time."
"We seek peace, knowing that peace is the end of a lifetime of toil and sacrifice."
"Chances are in your favor."
"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit."
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
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"There are no victories at bargain basement prices."
"You can't be a leader without being a servant first."
"We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone."
"A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year."
"If you want total security, go in the cemetery."
"There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit."
"The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else."
"I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem—and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"
"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."
"It is not a victory for a president to achieve his goal by denying the will of the people."
"The potential for greatness lives within us all."
"The wristwatch has it all over the sundial."
"In the world, there are two kinds of people: those who want to change it and those who don't."
"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."
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"If we are to be a great nation, we must be a nation of great ideas."
"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity."
"The history of life is not the history of the mind; it is the history of actions."
"What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important."
"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country."
"I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem – and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"
"To be successful, a businessman must be able to think critically."
"In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner’s chains."
"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."
"Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty."
"The most important thing I can tell you is: 'you're gonna have to bear down.'"
"You don't lead by hitting people over the head — that's assault, not leadership."
"Our people may be given a chance to take responsibility for their own history."
"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."
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"The future of this nation is not in the stars, but in the actions of its citizens."
"The unending-contact between men brings about a unity of action. Hence, Organization."
"In any battle, the greatest factor is the right man in the right place."
"To be a successful leader, you have to have a genuine concern for your team."
"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong."
"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security."
"The middle way is the way of wisdom. Avoid extremes."
"Every end is a beginning, and every beginning is a new end."
"The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all."
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog."
"You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership."
"There is no victory at bargain-basement prices."
"Freedom has its dangers, and they are not all on the other side of the world."
"The chances of a security policy succeeding are proportional to the degree that it is understood and accepted by the people it affects."
"If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."
"There are no victories at bargain prices."
"The only way to win a war is to prevent it."
"In order to be a leader, a man must have people following him."
"Each one of us is short-sighted, has a good view of the present, but often sees little of the future."
"This world has enough room for all us, but not enough for the arrogance that can destroy us."
"The great rulers of the world are those who inspire men’s hearts."
"The world is full of people who are ready to praise you when you're right but will disappear quicker than lightning when you're wrong."
"I have often said that the two greatest challenges facing America today are apathy and misinformation."
"The story of America is the story of a great adventure - the discovery of freedom."
"In order to be a leader, a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must be a leader."
"The middle of the road is where the white line is—and that’s the worst place to drive."
"You cannot be the leader of your country if you do not have a sense of the national interest."
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight—it’s the size of the fight in the dog."
"Every thoughtful executive will tell you that no man can be completely right all the time, but he can be right most of the time."
"Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free."
"The greatest quality of leadership is to be acknowledged by oneself as such."
"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."
"There is no victory at bargain basement prices."
"The future of this nation is not a gift, it is a responsibility."
"You do not lead by hitting people over the head—that's assault, not leadership."
"The American system of government is a constantly evolving work in progress."
"Success is the old, unending story of those who have had the courage to act."
"It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years."
"A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances."
"The premier rule of art is to be in love with what you do."
"The only thing that counts is a fair deal for the American people."
"Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin."
"If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood."
"A good deal of the trouble is due to differences in the way we read history."
"In the end, peace is a byproduct of education. The true purpose of education is to teach the youth how to think as a society, and to craft the future that they want."
"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible."
"Plans are nothing; planning is everything."
"We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."
"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid."
"You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership."
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
"If we want a better world, we must begin from ourselves."
"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."
"The great problem of our time is not the construction of weapons but the construction of peace."
"One thing we cannot do is allow this conflict to get out of hand."
"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others."
"The spirit of man can take an infinite amount of punishment and still be strong."
"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."
"To be prepared is half the victory."
"We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom."
"The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating."
"If a problem is too complex, it requires a simple solution."
"The future does not belong to those who are content with today’s or yesterday’s solutions."
"You cannot be on the side of the angels and not also be on the side of the honest."
"The Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all other possibilities."
"In the midst of this confusion, we can still see the basic principles of democracy—the belief in individual dignity and the opportunity to do well."
"We must use time creatively."
"In a democracy, the individual is the most important resource."
"To lack the spirit of inquiry is to be lost."
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