I often read nonfiction with a pencil in hand. I love the feel, the smell, the design, the weight of a book, but I also enjoy the convenience of my K…

- Drew Gilpin Faust

A leader has to keep saying the same things over and over again.

- Drew Gilpin Faust

A university is not about results in the next quarter; it is not even about who a student has become by graduation. It is about learning that molds a…

- Drew Gilpin Faust

Leadership is about moving people from where they are to where you hope they'll go.

- Drew Gilpin Faust

Look to the past to help create the future. Look to science and to poetry. Combine innovation and interpretation. We need the best of both. And it is…

- Drew Gilpin Faust

If you don't pursue what you think will be most meaningful, you will regret it. Life is long. There is always time for Plan B. But don't begin with i…

- Drew Gilpin Faust

The American Civil War produced carnage that has often been thought reserved for the combination of technological proficiency and inhumanity characte…

- Drew Gilpin Faust

The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new - and sometimes unexpected - directions will benefit you no matter your interests or aspiratio…

- Drew Gilpin Faust

I’m not the woman president of Harvard, I’m the president of Harvard.

- Drew Gilpin Faust