Doris Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, and political commentator. She has authored biographies of several U.S. presidents, including Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream; Th...
Doris Kearns Goodwin Leadership
On this Presidents Day, let us remember LBJ's words: There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve alone. Doris Kearns Goodwin
On this Presidents Day, let us remember LBJ's words: There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve alone.
With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Doris Kearns Goodwin
With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.
Born 205 years ago this day, Abraham Lincoln endured poverty, family deaths & personal failure before becoming our most honored president. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Born 205 years ago this day, Abraham Lincoln endured poverty, family deaths & personal failure before becoming our most honored president.
I do not like hardness of heart, but neither do I like softness of head Doris Kearns Goodwin
I do not like hardness of heart, but neither do I like softness of head
Roosevelt declared, arguing that “the insistence upon having only the perfect cure often results in securing no betterment whatever. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Roosevelt declared, arguing that “the insistence upon having only the perfect cure often results in securing no betterment whatever.
I have plenty of information now, but I can't get it into words. I'm afraid it's too big a task for me. I wonder if I will find everything in life too big for my abilities. Doris Kearns Goodwin
I have plenty of information now, but I can't get it into words. I'm afraid it's too big a task for me. I wonder if I will find everything in life too big for my abilities.
On this day - 18 July- in 1940 Eleanor Roosevelt became the first president’s wife to address a national convention, saying: "This is no ordinary time" Doris Kearns Goodwin
On this day - 18 July- in 1940 Eleanor Roosevelt became the first president’s wife to address a national convention, saying: "This is no ordinary time"
To Lincoln’s mind, the fundamental test of a democracy was its capacity to “elevate the condition of men, to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all. Doris Kearns Goodwin
To Lincoln’s mind, the fundamental test of a democracy was its capacity to “elevate the condition of men, to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all.
We are now parents. The love for our offspring has opened up fresh fountains of love for each other. Edwin Stanton to his wife. Doris Kearns Goodwin
We are now parents. The love for our offspring has opened up fresh fountains of love for each other. Edwin Stanton to his wife.
And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing. Doris Kearns Goodwin
And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing.
When the young bury the old, time heals the pain and sorrow; but when the process is reversed the sorrow remains forever-Joseph Kennedy Sr. Doris Kearns Goodwin
When the young bury the old, time heals the pain and sorrow; but when the process is reversed the sorrow remains forever-Joseph Kennedy Sr.