A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In an ideal world people would know the words just for the show and then forget them right after. — Thomas Mars Copy Share Image
The function of an ideal is not to be realized but, like that of the North Star, to serve as a guiding… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Our Lord approved neither idol worship or idle worship but ideal worship in Spirit and truth. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
God forbid we should have great institutions. The thing is to have many small centres. The ideal is community. — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
... as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the ideal library is in the wish of its maker. — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
Ideals are like tuning forks: sound them often to bring your life up to standard pitch. — S. D Gordon Copy Share Image
The critic's first labor is the task of distinguishing between men, as history and their works display them, and the ideals which… — Edmund Clarence Stedman Copy Share Image
It is impossible to repeat in one period what was done in another.The pointof view isnotthesame, anymorethan are the tools, the ideals,… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
The ideal hole is surely one that affords the greatest pleasure to the greatest number, gives the fullest advantage for accurate play,… — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Even luxuries are arranged according to ideas and ideals, to make them reflect as much of thought-life as possible - and this… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this nothing works unless you do. — Nido R Qubein Copy Share Image
It's just that that feels discriminatory to me, "the ideal woman." The concept of ideal is fleeting. It's like "perfect." There's no… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The task for me is to not only comprehend the world, but to change the world. I would like to see a… — Ronald Takaki Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion. — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
One may have a right to be unconventional and even eccentric, so long as one is fully competent and a decent person;… — Robert Audi Copy Share Image
My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, its perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture,… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
A gold standard is the ideal monetary system for those who create wealth through ingenuity, entrepreneurship, and hard work. Gold standards are… — James Rickards Copy Share Image
To live and work successfully with others requires more than faithfulness to one's concrete aims. It requires an intellectual commitment to a… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
In contrast to the asexual chasteness of official communist art , Nazi art is both prurient and idealizing. A utopian aesthetics (physical… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The ideal protective layer for a lithium metal anode needs to be chemically stable to protect against the chemical reactions with the… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
The average woman must inevitably view her actual husband with a certain disdain; he is anything but her ideal. In consequence, she… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Our relationship would never vary from its allegiance to the shared values, the shared religious heritage, the shared democratic politics which have… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Who exactly do you want to be? What kind of person do you want to be? What are your personal ideals? Whom… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The world in the past has been ruled by force, and man has dominated over woman by reason of his more forceful… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
For Americans the contradiction between national ideal and social fact required explanation and correction. Ultimately this contradiction did not lead to the… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
The fault with all religions like Christianity is that they have one set of rules for all. But Hindu religion is suited… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a difference between criticizing people and criticizing a people's uninformed ideals. That is, unless one defines himself or others by… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Communism is an aspiration, an aspiration is an ideal, a dream, a longing of something that would be perfect, but hard to… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
In the supremacy of self-control consists one of the perfections of the ideal man. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
A child motivated by competitive ideals will grow into a man without conscience, shame, or true dignity. — George Sand Copy Share Image
The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest. — John Buchanan Robinson Copy Share Image
blind wantons like the gulls who scream And rip the edge off any ideal or dream. — Louis MacNeice Copy Share Image
For me, marriage is a grotesque, unforgiving, clunky contrivance. Yet society pushes it as a shimmering ideal. — George Meyer Copy Share Image
Conservation is not just an ideal that we read about; it works. — Roger Tory Peterson Copy Share Image
