True delegation implies the courage and readiness to back up a subordinate to the full; it is not to be confused with the slovenly practice of merely ignoring an unpleasant situation in the hope that someone else will handle it.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERIn preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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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.
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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.
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So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
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Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
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Pessimism never won any battle.
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
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Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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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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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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