Theodore Hesburgh Quotes

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are cheap; you make them because they're right.

Faith is not an easy virtue; but, in the broad world of a person's total voyage through time to eternity, faith is not only a gracious companion, but an essential guide.

A decade after an average athlete graduates, everyone will have forgotten when and where he played. But every time he speaks, everyone will know whether he was educated.

Voting is a civic sacrament.

There is no conflict between science and theology, except where there is bad science or bad theology.

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.

All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.

I'll have another beer. I'm not driving.

The very essence of leadership is that you have to 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.