Changed Quote by Charlotte Mason

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.

— Bertrand Russell

“Ideals are replaced by conventional goals at a certain age.”

— Jenny Holzer

They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my…

— Anonymous

The ideal you seek and hope to attain will not manifest itself, will not be realized by you, until you have imagined that you…

— Neville Goddard

Whatever happened to a sense of idealism and embracing an idea that will help people and, in this case, children?

— Rod Blagojevich

It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if you accept…

— Conan O'Brien

“Now I have no notion at all of propounding a new ideal. There is no new ideal imaginable by the madness of modern sophists,…

— G.K. Chesterton

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

— Joe Biden

Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.

— Tony Blair

For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried to establish a monopoly of idealism.

— Henry Cabot Lodge

Lost my ideals in that tunnel of time.

— Jim Croce

The content of the ideal is a desire to return to the perfection of an imaginary past.

— Johan Huizinga