Ideal Quotes

“Our ideals are our better selves.”

“My politics are not an aberration. They are a logical extension of the democratic ideals of this nation.”

“The ideal of a college is an institution that has a moral character.”

“The function of an ideal is not to be realized, but to serve as a guide.”

“To be a revolutionary, you have to be a romantic.”

“I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.”

“The American idea is a splendid and fragile thing.”

“The soul of a nation is renewed by the austerity of its great ideals.”

“First, know thine own ideal... and stay true to it.”

“It is the spiritual unity of purpose and ideals which sanctifies a nation.”

“Every revolution, and even every war, creates illusions and is conducted in the name of unrealizable ideals.”

“The problem with being a man is that you can't really be a man until you're dead. It's an ideal that can't be achieved.”

“Objectivity is a complicated ideal, but the pursuit of it is essential.”

“Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.”

“It is possible to love America, and to insist that America live up to its ideals.”

“Music represents the highest of all ideals.”

“Pledge allegiance to the ideals of this country, not to a person.”

“Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.”

“The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion of small encroachments.”

“To have an ideal is a luxury, but to have an ideal and not to live up to it is a misery.”