303 Quotes About Idealism

Ideals are great in theory ... but they don't work too well in real life.

My belief is that no human being or society composed of human beings ever did or ever will come to much unless their conduct was governed and guided by the love of some ethical ideal.

With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color itself. Idealism has devolved into fashion.

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

I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something.

He stands for something, he has that idealism and that something that you just don't see in 99.9 percent of today's politicians.