GEN(R) Martin E. Dempsey Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

GEN(R) Martin E. Dempsey

“Dad’s are ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of songs.” P. Brown. Happy Father’s Day to those privileged to bear the title. #FathersDay

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"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." Henry Ford. Of all the remarkable achievements of our Women’s National Basketball Team, I am proud of their commitment to each other, their teamwork, most of all. #USABasketball

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GEN(R) Martin E. Dempsey

Today in 1598, Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice registered in London. “If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men’s cottages princes' palaces." (Portia). Value action not intent, deeds not words. #NT4S

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“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” Alexander Smith. In their innocence, children understand. In our cynicism we sometimes forget. Especially now, in the midst of so much fear and uncertainty, we should rekindle this most compelling reason for hope. #Christmas

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GEN(R) Martin E. Dempsey

“Act well your part, there all the honour lies.” Alexander Pope. Each of us should aspire first to do our best at whatever task assigned to us. Later to be assigned a more important task. But always in the moment to do our best. Where honor lies.#NT4S

GEN(R) Martin E. Dempsey

“All the people like us are we, and everyone else is they.” Rudyard Kipling. Except they’re not. Until we get to know them. Then we may know. Here’s what we do know: we can get a lot more done with more “we.” #NT4S

GEN(R) Martin E. Dempsey

Today in 1953, Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea. He once said: “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.” Takes humility, honesty, and character. #NT4S

GEN(R) Martin E. Dempsey

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton. Good leadership is like that. So is its opposite; it spreads by imitation. #Leadership

GEN(R) Martin E. Dempsey

“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” Henry Kissinger. Seems especially relevant today. Plenty of old problems, but a surge of new ones too. Success will go to those who learn, collaborate, and adapt. #Leadership

GEN(R) Martin E. Dempsey

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” Henry Ford. Watched the first wave of 50K runners finish the NYC Marathon in Central Park this morning. Everyone supporting everyone else. Encouraging. Need more of that. #NT4S