They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWEROur form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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I don’t like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution.
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
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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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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
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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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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.
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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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How far have we come in man’s long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light—a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?
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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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