Ideal Quotes

1406 Ideal quotes by 1036 unique authors

Since opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought over principle will be wars of mutual annihilation. But wars fought for simple greed will be… — Alan Watts
But do you know this idea of the imaginary homeland? Once you set out from shore on your little boat, once you embark, you'll never… — Claire Messud
True love means you love the real person, not an ideal that you have in your head and superimpose over them. That's illusion and lies… — Laurell K. Hamilton
It is the mysterious touch of the ideal that animates and sustains the real, and through it alone we can discover and affirm the ideal. — Muhammad Iqbal
Blessed is he who carries within himself a God, an ideal, and obeys it. — Louis Pasteur
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal… — James Lane Allen
Time, among all concepts in the world of physics, puts up the greatest resistance to being dethroned from ideal continuum to the world of the… — John Archibald Wheeler
It is high time the ideal of success should be replaced with the ideal of service. — Albert Einstein
First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods.… — Aristotle
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. — H. H. Asquith
There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions. — Bill McKibben
It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal… — Robert Kennedy
It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect. — August Bournonville
Education should bring to light the ideal of the individual. — Jean Paul
Cassoulet, that best of bean feasts, is everyday fare for a peasant but ambrosia for a gastronome, though its ideal consumer is a 300-pound blocking… — Julia Child
We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility of it. — Phillips Brooks
The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and… — Susan B. Anthony
I hold all knowledge that is concerned with things that actually exist - all that is commonly called Science - to be of very slight… — Bertrand Russell
There is no such thing as an age for love ... because the man capable of loving - in the complex and modern sense of… — Paul Bourget
If you say that this is absurd, that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you that, as… — William James
The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather… — Lenny Kravitz
The ideal weapons system is built in 435 congressional districts and it doesn't matter whether it works or not. — Unknown Author
If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still say "No" to war.… — Louis Lecoin
...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and… — Coretta Scott King
The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion. — Stanley Baldwin

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