Our shortcomings are the eyes with which we see the ideal.
Ideal - Idealists Quotes
Judging by what I have learned about men and women, I am convinced that there is far more in them of idealist will power than ever comes to the surface of the world. Just as the water of the streams we see is small in amount compared to that which flows underground, so the idealism […]
All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity.
When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, idealists are apt to walk straight into the gutter.
The idealist is incorrigible. If he is turned out of his heaven, he makes an ideal out of his hell.
Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America, my fellow citizens – I do not say it in disparagement of any other great people – America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
We are inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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.
Ideals are the most powerful force known to man. No nation’s greatness long survives the lowering of the greatness of its ideals. And, as with nations, so with individuals. Low ideals and high station cannot long retain company. We all must have ideals unless we are content to drift along aimlessly, ambitionless, ineffectually. Ideals vitalize, […]
