Ideals Quotes

693 Ideals quotes by 516 unique authors

The myths and folk tales of the whole world make clear that the refusal is essentially a refusal to give up what one takes to… — Joseph Campbell
I remain faithful to the ideals of Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution of 1357. — Unknown Author
In homes where high ideals and gospel values are maintained, it is parents, not teachers, who lay the foundation of character and faith in the… — Rex D. Pinegar
For the Spartans, it wasn’t walls or magnificent public buildings that made a city; it was their own ideals. In essence, Sparta was a city… — Bettany Hughes
The harsh, unyielding reality of having to compromise your ideals bit by bit, day by day, just to achieve a few little victories in the… — Simon R. Green
No jot, iota, or tittle of the temple rites is otherwise than uplifting and sanctifying. In every detail the endowment ceremony contributes to covenants of… — James E. Talmage
I was a high school student like Picasso. I was a little eccentric, but I had high ideals. I wanted to get along well with… — Unknown Author
Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground. — Rosa Parks
Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism, that… — Oscar Niemeyer
Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
One can imagine a sane, healthy, cheerful human society based on no more than the principles of common sense, as validated each day by work,… — Edward Abbey
My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could introduce into your own home...he did not care… — Booth Tarkington
The further limits of our being plunge, it seems to me, into an altogether other dimension of existence from the sensible and merely understandable world.… — William James
India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs,… — Will Durant
Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my… — E. L. James
I see only the ideal. But no ideals have ever been fully successful on this earth. — Isadora Duncan
So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in the… — Poul Anderson
The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are… — Valentina Tereshkova
It is this language of values which I hope to bring to my books. . . . I want to bring values to those who… — Walter Dean Myers
As a result of America's efforts to realize the ideals of equality and freedom, blacks in America are now the freest and richest black people… — David Horowitz
Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work. — Swami Vivekananda
The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents… — Jonathan Lethem
Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People… — Douglas MacArthur
We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
To a large extent, the American church has become merged with the world. It has adopted so many of the world's ideals and standards that… — Billy Graham

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