Ideals Quotes

I am only doing now what I have ever done; and ever will continue to do - that is adapting past experience to present reform in the light of high ideals and future objects.

The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness.

He who does not believe has no soul. He is empty. He has no ideals. He has nothing to live for. He has no sunshine, no light, no joy in life. He is a poor, poor man.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

Our freedoms were born in the ideals of the Enlightenment and the musket fires of an historic revolution.

The reality is we talk a lot about it, but we really don't give everyone an opportunity to buy into it, and this combines both the best of Republican and Democratic ideals.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

It's impossible to consider living without ideals. However, when ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image of an enemy, and it leads to the murder and massacre that we've seen since the beginning of time.

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength.

My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together.

Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood.

I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.

The idealists dream and the dream is told, and the practical men listen and ponder and bring back the truth and apply it to human life, and progress and growth and higher human ideals come into being and so the world moves ever on.

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

I think it's really terrifying that a country based on the foundations and ideals of God, is now systematically removing God from everything. Everything!

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

The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted.

Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.

One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.

There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian family is built on core values that will form the bedrock of the future society. We must showcase the ideals of family life and be models of family values.

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces.

In search of a complete education with the ideals of trust, faith, understanding and compassion, many families are turning to the structure, discipline and academic standards of Catholic schools.

But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.

The concepts of Joss are pure, and express attitudes and technical ideals.

Ideals are not something I can control. It's not logic that convinces me of something, it's what my heart says. My heart has a way of involving me in things, which can only be good for the music.

These are classic, perennial ideals we are dealing with.

When I first started acting, I had all these ideals about the kinds of roles I wanted to play, but the reality is that when you do television - and I do a lot of television - you get cast for qualities that you have as a person. So I look for qualities that I like to portray.