Student Success Statement

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

Theodore Hesburgh

Reflection: This quote by Theodore Hesburgh is amazing because he talks about why we make decisions in our lives. He says that we do not make them because they are cheap, popular, or easy that we make the decisions in our life because they are right. An example of this is if you're walking into a store and somebody enters before you and you see them accidentally drop their wallet or money. When you see that you need to immediately pick it up and return it to the owner not because it's easy but because it is the right thing to do. After you pick up their belongings and they offer you a reward or some money you don’t take it because you didn’t do that good deed for a reward or money you did that good deed because it was the right thing to do. Doing the right thing is it's own reward. Theodore Hesburgh says “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.” We all need to learn and apply this quote to all of our lives.