By leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it.
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Dwight D. EisenhowerAs quoted in The Federal Career Service: A Look Ahead (1954)
About Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Allied Commander in World War II and 34th U.S. President. (1890-1969)
More from Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.Speech to the National Defense Executive Reserve Conference (1957), repeating an Army saying
- 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)
- 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)
More quotes on leadership
- Abilities wither under criticism, they blossom under encouragement.Dale Carnegie
- Begin with praise and honest appreciation.Dale Carnegie
- Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.Stephen R. Covey
- Trust is the glue that holds everything together.Stephen R. Covey
- Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.Stephen R. Covey
- In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.Stephen R. Covey
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