“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
More from Eisenhower on Wisdom
“Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.”
“When you appeal to force there's one thing you must never do - lose.”
“An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.”
“I would rather have a lucky general than a smart general. ... They win battles and they make me lucky.”
“The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.”
“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.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”