Dwight D. Eisenhower Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Dwight D. Eisenhower quotes, Dwight D. Eisenhower sayings, and Dwight D. Eisenhower proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pessimism never won any battle. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars. Dwight D. Eisenhower
The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy. Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger. Dwight D. Eisenhower
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Dwight D. Eisenhower
There is no such thing as human superiority. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg. Dwight D. Eisenhower
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Compromise is like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges. Dwight D. Eisenhower
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without. Dwight D. Eisenhower
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Every gathering of Americans-whether a few on the porch of a crossroads store or massed thousands in a great stadium-is the possessor of a potentially immeasurable influence on the future. Dwight D. Eisenhower
The final battle against intolerance is to be fought—not in the chambers of any legislature—but in the hearts of men. Dwight D. Eisenhower
By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us. Dwight D. Eisenhower
By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Against the dark background of the atomic bomb, the United States does not wish merely to present strength, but also the desire and the hope for peace. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. Dwight D. Eisenhower
It's better to have one person working with you than three people working for you. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron. Dwight D. Eisenhower
No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sweet praise is like perfume. It is fine if you don't swallow it. Dwight D. Eisenhower
In the final choice, a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's chains. Dwight D. Eisenhower
For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up! Dwight D. Eisenhower
Farming looks mighty easy when your plough is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the cornfield. Dwight D. Eisenhower
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. Dwight D. Eisenhower
These men came here to storm these beaches for one purpose only, not to gain anything for ourselves, not to fulfill any ambitions that America had for conquest, but just to preserve freedom. Many thousands of men have died for such ideals as these, but these young boys were cut of in their prime. Dwight D. Eisenhower