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
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: Leaders, Leadership, Vision
All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.
—Theodore Hesburgh
Topics: Virtue, Hypocrisy
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
—Theodore Hesburgh
Topics: Example
Voting is a civic sacrament.
—Theodore Hesburgh
Topics: Voting
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
—Theodore Hesburgh
Topics: Father, Fathers, One liners, Family
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