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The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community-these are the most vital things education must try to produce.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve
The ability to relate and to connect, sometimes in odd and yet striking fashion, lies at the very heart of any creative use of the mind, no matter in what field or discipline.
Quote, saying and phrase by: George J. Seidel
The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.
Quote, saying and phrase by: John Foster Dulles
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizzare which seems inherent in them.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Jean Cocteau
The acquisition of knowledge is the mission of research, the transmission of knowledge is the mission of teaching and the application of knowledge is the mission of public service.
Quote, saying and phrase by: James A. Perkins
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Vince Lombardi
The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Mack R. Douglas
The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.
Quote, saying and phrase by: George Frost Kennan
The academic mind can eat away the very basis of its own assurance … produce contortions when it tries to bend over backward … allow itself to be dismayed by the picture it has created of relentless historical process.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Herbert Butterfield
The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Mary Bertone