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title: "9 Ideals Like Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-joubert/our-ideals-like-pictures-are-made-from-lights-and-shadows/)

[Joseph Joubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-joubert/)

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> [Ideals are like the stars - you can't touch them with your hands, but by following them you reach your destination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-s-monson/ideals-are-like-the-stars-you-can-t-touch-them-with-your-hands-but-by/)

[Thomas S. Monson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-s-monson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/thomas-s-monson-409_destination_ideals-are-like-the-stars-you-can-t-touc_2667230.png)

> [Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/ideals-are-like-the-stars-we-never-reach-them-but-like-the-mariners/)

[Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/carl-schurz-28664_advice_ideals-are-like-the-stars-we-never-reach_2495003.png)

> [Ideals are like tuning forks: sound them often to bring your life up to standard pitch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-d-gordon/ideals-are-like-tuning-forks-sound-them-often-to-bring-your-life-up/)

[S. D Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-d-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/s-d-gordon-23207_forks_ideals-are-like-tuning-forks-sound-them_1228114.jpg)

> [“Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the sea fearing man on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/ideals-are-like-stars-you-will-not-succeed-in-touching-them-with-your/)

[Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/)

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> [“Ideals are like an image of reality at a given time from a given reality. Just like no photograph of a person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/awdhesh-singh/ideals-are-like-an-image-of-reality-at-a-given-time-from-a-given/)

[Awdhesh Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/awdhesh-singh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/awdhesh-singh-13704_describe_ideals-are-like-an-image-of-reality-at-a_3057696.jpg)

> [idealism, that gaudy coloring matter of passion, fades when it is brought beneath the trenchant white light of knowledge. Ideals, like mountains,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-glasgow/idealism-that-gaudy-coloring-matter-of-passion-fades-when-it-is/)

[Ellen Glasgow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-glasgow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/ellen-glasgow-1897_distance_idealism-that-gaudy-coloring-matter-of-p_1593820.jpg)

> [Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/ideals-are-like-stars-you-will-not-succeed-in-touching-them-with-your-2/)

[Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/carl-schurz-28664_change_ideals-are-like-stars-you-will-not-succe_2226475.jpg)

> ["Ideals are like stars," Carl Schurz wrote. "You will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like seafarers on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/ideals-are-like-stars-carl-schurz-wrote-you-will-not-succeed-in/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

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