Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.Remarks to a Group of Young Republicans, 1956
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Dwight D. Eisenhower was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. He is best known for his leadership as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War II, overseeing the successful D-Day invasion that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany.
1890–1969·lived 78 years
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.Remarks to a Group of Young Republicans, 1956
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. Dwight D.Farewell Address, delivered 17 January 1961
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. Dwight D.As quoted in The All-American Quote Book, p. 187, 1995
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.The Eisenhower Diaries, p. 123, 1981
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.Speech to luncheon clubs, Galveston, Texas, December 8, 1949, The New York Times, December 9, p. 23, 1949
Without the family, we are helpless before the State.At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends
That’s all 10 quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower.