Quotes by Dwight Eisenhower

Enjoy our collection of famous quotes by Dwight Eisenhower, who was best known as Supreme commander of Allied forces in WWII. He was the thirty-fourth President of the United States. He was in office from 1953 to 1961. He was born on October 14, 1890 and died on March 28 1969. May the wisdom in this collection compliled by inspire you.

Accomplishments will prove to be a journey,
not a destination.
Dwight Eisenhower

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.
Dwight Eisenhower

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership,
of getting along with people, of getting things done.
Dwight Eisenhower

Things are more like they are now than
they ever were before.
Dwight Eisenhower

Plans are nothing;
planning is everything.
Dwight Eisenhower

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today;
it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
Dwight Eisenhower

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left
and hurl rocks at those in the center.
Dwight Eisenhower

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do
because they want to do it.
Dwight Eisenhower

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. Dwight Eisenhower

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Dwight Eisenhower

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight Eisenhower

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it. Dwight Eisenhower

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. Dwight Eisenhower



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More words of wisdom from Dwight Eisenhower:
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. Dwight Eisenhower

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. Dwight Eisenhower

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history. Dwight D. Eisenhower

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am. Dwight Eisenhower

You don't lead by hitting people over the head-that's assault, not leadership. Dwight Eisenhower

Pessimism never won any battle. Dwight Eisenhower

War settles nothing. Dwight Eisenhower

Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book. Dwight D. Eisenhower

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good. Dwight Eisenhower

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. Dwight Eisenhower

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. Dwight Eisenhower

May we, in our dealings with all the peoples of the earth, ever speak the truth and serve justice. Dwight D. Eisenhower