Ideal Quotes

1406 Ideal quotes by 1036 unique authors

Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning - I am surely far different from what you suppose; Do you… — Walt Whitman
Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without… — Ron Paul
It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling... — V.S. Naipaul
Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished? The ideal… — Victor Hugo
You have to dream things out. It keeps a kind of an ideal before you. You see it first in your mind and then you… — Bess Streeter Aldrich
There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings.… — Aristotle
A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper. — Elwyn Brooks White
In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive.… — Temple Grandin
The ideal art, the noblest of art: working with the complexities of life, refusing to simplify, to "overcome" doubt. — Joyce Carol Oates
My goal is to write every day. I say it is my ideal. I am careful not to pass judgment or create anxiety if I… — Natalie Goldberg
There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless. — Isaac Asimov
The American ideal is, after all, that everyone should be as much alike as possible. — James A. Baldwin
She is a woman of honour and smartness whose wild leaves out luck, always taking risks, and there is something in her brow now, that… — Michael Ondaatje
We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen. — James Redfield
It has always seemed to me. ever since early childhood, amid all the commonplaces of life, i was very near to a kingdom of ideal… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Every one should be wealthy, if only for a day, so that each might realize that be being rich is not the ideal condition that… — Og Mandino
The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching… — Alan Paton
The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through… — Mahatma Gandhi
A romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different… — Elizabeth Bowen
Normally, in anything I do, I'm fairly miserable. I do it, and I get grumpy because there is a huge, vast gulf, this aching disparity,… — Neil Gaiman
I learned that it is better, a thousand-fold, for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up his head in his… — George MacDonald
It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that… — Oscar Wilde
Fascism is fundamentally and at bottom an aesthetic conception, and . . . it is your function as creators of beautiful things to portray with… — Louis de Bernieres
It's ideal really. They will come up with a plan. No one will like it. Everyone will feel they have been treated unfairly, but will… — Suzanne Collins
If you’re not seeing God move in your life right now, one of two possibilities must be considered. Either your requests are not God’s best… — Joel Osteen

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