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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Music represents the highest of all ideals.”

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

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

“To have striven, to have made an effort, to have been true to certain ideals – this alone is worth the struggle.”