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.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

Topics: History Quotes

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care...

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care...

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's...

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's...

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking...

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking...

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

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

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a...

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a...

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do...

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do...

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game...

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game...

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and...

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and...

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really...

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really...

No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I...

No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I...

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of...

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of...

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have...

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have...

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history...

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history...

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children...

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children...

Arrived too late. Act already done.

Arrived too late. Act already done.