Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.
Speech to the National Defense Executive Reserve Conference (1957), repeating an Army saying
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Dwight D. Eisenhower quotes
1890-1969 ยท Presidents and world leaders
Supreme Allied Commander in World War II and 34th U.S. President.
7 quotes, 7 traced to where Eisenhower said or wrote them.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Remarks at Republican National Committee Breakfast (1958)
By leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it.
As quoted in The Federal Career Service: A Look Ahead (1954)
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
Guildhall Address, London (1945)
Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.
Address accepting the Republican nomination, Cow Palace, San Francisco (1956)
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
Address at the Columbia University National Bicentennial Dinner (1954)
The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice, their choice.
Address in Pittsburgh (1956)