Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes

Don't blame the messenger because the message is unpleasant.

It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there's an email, most of the time there's a letter, someone wants something of you.

In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that.

If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame.

Responsibilities have weighed on me my whole life.

At times, I feel like I got the world on my shoulders.

If, for people, Instagram is just entertainment, for me, it's an additional burden.

It is a burden that people have expectations about me.

It's a great thing to have: that pressure everywhere you go, that responsibility. I think it's good to have it.

I have to say that you don't really know stress until you know that the path of the free world is resting a little bit on your shoulders.

I feel like people expect a lot from me.

Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.

Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.

The whole damned country was depending on me.

Many who take up burdens come to resent being put upon.

Directing was a big learning experience for me because I had to deal with every aspect of everything-all this constant decision-making, with people asking you questions at every moment, and you have to have answers for them all.

Oh, man," Xavier groaned. "See what you've done-now I'm stressed." "You can't! You're the stable one!

It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is, when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today, that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourselves so, my friends. If you find yourselves so loaded, at least remember this: it is your own doing, not God's. He begs you to leave the future to Him, and mind the present.

You'd have to be kind of a bonehead not to feel pressure.

It's hard being the king, but somebody's got to do it.

There has been a lot of talk lately about the burdens of the Presidency. Decisions that the President has to make often affect the lives of tens of millions of people around the world, but that does not mean that they should take longer to make. Some men can make decisions and some cannot. Some men fret and delay under criticism. I used to have a saying that applies here, and I note that some people have picked it up, If you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Posts of honor are evermore posts of danger and of care.

They've picked their heads up off the ground, and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders.

Waiting is one of life's hardships. It is hard enough to wait for chocolate cream pie while burnt roast beef is still on your plate. It is plenty difficult to wait for Halloween when the tedious month of September is still ahead of you. But to wait for one's adopted uncle to come home while a greedy and violent man is upstairs was one of the worst waits the Baudelaires had ever experienced.