My basic principle is that you don’t make decisions because they are easy; you don’t make them because they are cheap; you don’t make them because they’re popular; you make them because they’re right.
—Theodore Hesburgh
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
—Theodore Hesburgh
Topics: Example
All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.
—Theodore Hesburgh
Topics: Virtue, Hypocrisy
Voting is a civic sacrament.
—Theodore Hesburgh
Topics: Voting
The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.
—Theodore Hesburgh
Topics: Vision, Leaders, Leadership
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
—Theodore Hesburgh
Topics: Family, Father, One liners, Fathers
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