Ideal Quotes

1406 Ideal quotes by 1036 unique authors

The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal. — Herbert Croly
It was an ideal spring day, a light blue sky, flecked with little fleecy white clouds drifting across from west to east. The sun was… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. Mankind has not passed… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Communist regimes were not some unfortunate aberration, some historical deviation from a socialist ideal. They were the ultimate expression, unconstrained by democratic and electoral pressures,… — Margaret Thatcher
The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has… — Richard P. Feynman
Nature holds the beautiful, for the artist who has the insight to extract it. Thus, beauty lies even in humble, perhaps ugly things, and the… — Albrecht Durer
The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical… — Pierre de Coubertin
My aspirations are to ennoble Photography and to secure for it the character and uses of High Art by combining the real and Ideal and… — Julia Margaret Cameron
Try becoming a person people want to be with rather than conforming yourself to the false identity of what you conceive their ideal to be. — An Na
It is the focus on the highest ideal day after day that saves life from being wrapped up in small whirlwinds. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Ideal relationship is based on giving. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
An anarchist society, far from being a remote ideal, has become a precondition for the practice of ecological principles. — Murray Bookchin
Make Earth Day Every Day.” While we might not always live up to this ideal, I try to keep this quote from Denis Hayes, founder of… — Denis Hayes
Occasionally, something will happen that will change your opinion of someone irrevocably, that will shatter the ideal you've built up around a person and force… — Marilyn Manson
Due to the fact that .375 H&H magnum ammunition is available all over the world, the .375 H&H becomes a very good choice of a… — Unknown Author
So long as the man with ambition is a failure, the world will tell him to let go of his ideal; but when his ambition… — Christian D. Larson
Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do more. Do your best every… — Horatio Dresser
It is my contention that an agent ideal to the use of the scientific militarist, for both the air raid and the long distance bombardment… — Unknown Author
The ideal leader is one who hears the voice of God, and beckons on as the voice calls him and them. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I am firmly convinced that the ideal combination leading to a happy life is to have the time to both fish and read. — Brian Murphy
Freedom is acquired by conquest, not by gift. It must be pursued constantly and responsibly. Freedom is not an ideal located outside of man; nor… — Paulo Freire
When life is hard and the day has been long, the ideal dinner is not four perfect courses, each in a lovely pool of sauce… — Laurie Colwin
The dictionary definition of a Christian is one who follows Christ; kind, kindly, Christ-like. Anarchism is voluntary cooperation for good, with the right of secession.… — Ammon Hennacy
A Christian Anarchist does not depend on bullets or ballots to achieve his ideal; he achieves that ideal daily by the One Man Revolution with… — Ammon Hennacy
There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal, as if it were not a benefit and a joy to… — George Santayana

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