More - Theodore Hesburgh Quotes

It's like having a cobra in the nursery with your grandchildren. You get rid of the cobra or you won't have any grandchildren.

Theodore Hesburgh

 

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

Theodore Hesburgh

 American Clergyman Children

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Theodore Hesburgh

 American Clergyman Leadership

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

Theodore Hesburgh

 American Clergyman Campus

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 greatest fallout of the space program, ... was not the close-up view of the moon, but a look at spaceship Earth from afar. For the first time in the history of humanity, we were able to see our planet for what it really is.

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

 Leadership

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

Theodore Hesburgh

 American Clergyman

Voting is a civic sacrament.

Theodore Hesburgh

 American Clergyman Voting

I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young have forgotten how to laugh, and too many of the elders have forgotten how to love. Would not our lives be lightened if only we could all learn to laugh more easily at ourselves and to love one another.

Theodore Hesburgh

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