Leadership Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

We the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, someone else has solved…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications . . . I believe that football, perhaps…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Every leader should have enough humility to accept, publicly, the responsibility for the mistakes of the subordinates he has himself selected and,…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence. Hence,…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership is the ability to get a person to do what you want him to do, when you want it done, in…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower