About Dwight D. Eisenhower

Supreme Allied Commander in World War II and 34th U.S. President. (1890-1969)

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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)
• 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)
• The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice, their choice.Address in Pittsburgh (1956)

More quotes on communication

• Content is king, but context is God.Gary Vaynerchuk
• A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.Tim Ferriss
• Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser, in fees, expenses, and waste of time.Abraham Lincoln
• It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.George Washington
• There is not a truth existing which I fear or would wish unknown to the whole world.Thomas Jefferson
• Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.Franklin D. Roosevelt

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