46 Quotes by James Stockdale

Entitlement and privelege corrupt.

I think character is permanent, and issues are transient.

It is in disaster, not success, that the heros and the bums really get sorted out.

Do the right thing even if it means dying like a dog when no one's there to see you do it.

Great leaders gain authority by giving it away.

A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.

Leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and wholehearted commitment to helping followers.

The challenge of education is not to prepare a person for success, but to prepare him for failure.

Do the right thing even if it means dying like a dog when no one’s there to see you do it.