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: People Change Quotes

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to...

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to...

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and...

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests....

The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests....

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more...

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more...

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any...

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any...

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will...

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will...

In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber...

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber...

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

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

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

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...

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.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because...

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.