We are inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
Ideal - Idealists Quotes
An uncompromising ideal gives one a sense of uncomfortable satisfaction.
Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
For high ideals are like the stars that light the sky above… You cannot ever reach them, but lift your heart up high And your life will be as shining as the stars up in the sky.
People love high ideals, but they got to be about 33-percent plausible.
It is by translating your fine sense of aspiration into actual lofty deeds that you grow toward your ideal. Link your lofty thoughts to earnest, active effort, and good results will inevitably follow. The great things you intend to do some time must have a beginning if they are ever to be done, so begin […]
I am everlastingly angry at those who assert vociferously that the Four Freedoms and the Atlantic Charter are nonsense because they are unattainable. If those people had lived a century and a half ago they would have sneered and said that the Declaration of Independence was utter piffle. If they had lived nearly a thousand […]
Idealism is one of the greatest forces in the world. It makes seeming impossibilities possible and succeeds where prudence fails. But unless the idealist is brave and has the courage to face the truth, his idealism creates nothing.
Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
One has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
