--- title: "1 Objective Life Quotes By Carl Schurz" description: "1 Objective Life quotes by Carl Schurz. Plus more from Carl Schurz and more Objective Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/carl-schurz-28664_achieve_ideas-are-like-stars-you-will-not-succee_3073002.jpg" --- > [Ideas are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man in the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach you destiny. Perhaps you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/ideas-are-like-stars-you-will-not-succeed-in-touching-them-with-your/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/carl-schurz-28664_achieve_ideas-are-like-stars-you-will-not-succee_3073002.jpg) ## More by Carl Schurz > [Tis not, 'my country right or wrong'; tis, 'my country, that which is right to be kept right, that which is wrong to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/tis-not-my-country-right-or-wrong-tis-my-country-that-which-is-right/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/we-have-come-to-a-point-where-it-is-loyalty-to-resist-and-treason-to/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [I confidently trust that the American people will prove themselves ... too wise not to detect the false pride or the dangerous ambitions or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/i-confidently-trust-that-the-american-people-will-prove-themselves/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [“Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the sea fearing man on the desert of…](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/) > [The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, My country, right or wrong. In one sense I say so too. My country; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/the-senator-from-wisconsin-cannot-frighten-me-by-exclaiming-my/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/my-country-right-or-wrong-when-right-to-keep-her-right-when-wrong-to/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [When the life of the nation was attempted, when the cause of liberty and human rights called for their aid, they rushed forth to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/when-the-life-of-the-nation-was-attempted-when-the-cause-of-liberty/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/our-country-when-right-to-be-kept-right-when-wrong-to-be-put-right/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/if-you-want-to-be-free-there-is-but-one-way-it-is-to-guarantee-an/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [Consider: if you incorporate those tropical countries with the Republic of the United States, you will have to incorporate their people too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/consider-if-you-incorporate-those-tropical-countries-with-the/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on this Republic's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/i-will-make-a-prophecy-that-may-now-sound-peculiar-in-fifty-years/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [I have always been in favor of a healthy Americanization, but that does not mean a complete disavowal of our German heritage. It means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/i-have-always-been-in-favor-of-a-healthy-americanization-but-that/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) > [Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters,…](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/) > [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/) > [Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/our-country-right-or-wrong-when-right-to-be-kept-right-when-wrong-to/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/objective-life/carl-schurz/#itemlist", "name": "1 Objective Life Quotes By Carl Schurz", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ideas are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man in the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach you destiny. Perhaps you could get a clearer idea of our destiny if we took time out to examine our ideas, and upgraded them if necessary. What things are most important to you? 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