Ideal Quotes

1406 Ideal quotes by 1036 unique authors

It seems obvious to me that the notion of God has never been anything but a kind of ideal projection, a reflection upward of the… — Alfred Loisy
Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment. — Johan Huizinga
There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling… — Lafcadio Hearn
The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of… — Herbert Croly
And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach. — Paul Fussell
My ideal is to wake up in the morning and run around the meadow naked. — Daryl Hannah
Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state. — Thomas de Quincey
Hold on to your own ideal. . . . Above all, never attempt to guide or rule others, or, as the Yankees say, "boss" others.… — Swami Vivekananda
The ideal racecar will expire 100 yards past the finish line. — Stirling Moss
And now I was lonelier, I supposed, than anyone else in the world. Even Defoe's creation, Robinson Crusoe, the prototype of the ideal solitary, could… — Wladyslaw Szpilman
Humanity seems doomed to do more evil than good. The greatest ideal on earth is human love. — Wladyslaw Szpilman
The only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realizing a worthy ideal. That's the person who says, 'I'm going to become this'… — Earl Nightingale
It is freely admitted that this "testing" is far from ideal and could even be described as anecdotal. — Eric Gill
All too often, we spend our days waiting for the ideal path to appear in front of us. We forget that paths are made by… — Robin Sharma
Life is very short. You have to know what is the single most important thing in your life; stay focused on the mission; everything else… — Unknown Author
You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely… — Samuel Alexander
As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable, domestic, bourgeois, middle-class, and tiresome.… — Henry Adams
I suppose the most marked example of color as structure is in the Byzantine use of mosaic decoration that becomes architecture. The decoration of the… — Van Day Truex
World federation is an ideal that will not die. More and more people are coming to realize that peace must be more than an interlude… — William O. Douglas
A world government with powers adequate to guarantee security is not a remote ideal for the distant future. It is an urgent necessity if our… — Albert Einstein
The safest way to ensure diversity of opinion is diverse ownership. But this ideal has been sacrificed by our government... — Ben Bagdikian
On this International Day of Peace, let us all honor those who have suffered from violence. Let us hold in our hearts the ideal of… — Kofi Annan
Every really able man, in whatever direction he works - a man of large affairs, an inventor, a statesman, an orator, a poet, a painter… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ideal age for a boy to own a dog is between forty-five and fifty. — Robert Benchley
The American Dream is freedom, prosperity, peace-and liberty and justice for all. That's a big dream. It's not always easy to achieve, but that's the… — Donald Trump

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