Quotes by Virginia Gildersleeve
“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.”— Virginia Gildersleeve
“If we are to have a peaceful world, we must be conscious of the brotherhood of man.”— Virginia Gildersleeve
“Whatever the world may be, we must be in it and of it, and we must be of use.”— Virginia Gildersleeve
“A college for women should be a place where they can develop their minds and their characters, so that they may be of the greatest possible service to the world.”— Virginia Gildersleeve
“We are citizens of the world; and the tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.”— Virginia Gildersleeve