Quotes about Ideals

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Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark. — Amit Ray, Enlightenment Step by Step
The scepticism which men affect towards their higher inspirations is often not an honest doubt, but a guilty negligence, — James Martineau, Tides of the Spirit: Selections from the Writings of James Martineau
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. — Oscar Wilde
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for t — W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
One could argue that it's romantic to die for love. Of course, then you're dead and unable to take that honeymoon trip t — Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty
I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to myself "When di — C. JoyBell C.
Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is a warm glow of the heart at pe — David O. McKay, Pathways to Happiness
We will never find the perfect job, relationship, or situation. What we can do is search for happiness. Our ideals in li — Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono
We must judge the tree by its fruit. The best fruits of the religious experience are the best things history has to offe — William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
We hold our dreams and ideals close to our hearts, where the promises are made to the future generations. — John Rachel, A Long Night's Journey Into Daylight
They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not los — G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
He saw that science had become as great a hoax as religion, that nationalism was a farce, patriotism a fraud, education — Henry Miller, The Time of the Assassins: a Study of Rimbaud
Look, Miranda, he said, those twenty long years that lie between you and me. I've more knowledge of life than you, I've — John Fowles, The Collector
The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations. — Wade Davis
In an era of globalization, we recognize that we are part of a global society, but we have no idea how to make such a so — Victor Shamas, The Way of Play: Reclaiming Divine Fun & Celebration
We are all equally capable of spiritual awakening. It may not seem that way, at times. Some of us are so caught up in th — Victor Shamas, The Way of Play: Reclaiming Divine Fun & Celebration
Enlightenment is the transformation that brings out the highest human qualities. It is the process that removes the clou — Amit Ray, Enlightenment Step by Step
The modern mind is forced towards the future by a certain sense of fatigue, not unmixed with terror, with which it regar — G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World
Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals. — John Scalzi, Old Man's War
At one time I had given much thought to why men were so very rarely capable of living for an ideal. Now I saw that many, — Hermann Hesse, Demian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend