Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERNever waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERIn the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERI hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERNever 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. EISENHOWERThe history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERNever question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERWar is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERWhat is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERPessimism never won any battle.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERTrue 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. EISENHOWERA sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERHistory does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERAn atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERYou do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThe world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER