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. EISENHOWERAn intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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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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There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
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War is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
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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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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. This world in arms is not spending money alone.
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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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Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.
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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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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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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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Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
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