Dwight Eisenhower Quotes

Enjoy our collection of quotes by famous people like Dwight Eisenhower, October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969. He was a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. We hope you enjoy these quotes by Dwight Eisenhower as one of the famous people in the world. One of our favorite quotes is, "May we, in our dealings with all the peoples of the earth, ever speak the truth and serve justice."

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

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

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

When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it.
Dwight Eisenhower

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

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

Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not.
Dwight Eisenhower






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