Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.
Ideal - Idealists Quotes
Our shortcomings are the eyes with which we see the ideal.
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.
No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
