187 Quotes About Ideals

In the modern world, we are primarily confronted with the extraordinary spectacle of people turning to new ideals because they have not tried the old. Men have not gotten tired of Christianity; they have never found enough Christianity to get tired of. Men have never wearied of political justice; they have wearied of waiting for it.

I don't want to be like Shakespeare; I want to be like Saurabh Sharma, and I don't want other people to become my xerox copies. Be Thyself!

At the lowest level of the investment banking hierarchy are the analysts. To find this young talent, the I-banks send their manicured young bankers out to the Whartons, Harvards and Princetons of the world to roll out the red carpet for the top undergraduates and begin the process of destroying whatever noble ideals the youngsters have left.

I judge the people and the nations by their ideals; the higher the ideals, the profounder the person, the greater the nation.

Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon,

particular to the relatives and friends of those who lost their lives in the service of the ideals of the United Nations.

The evil was not in either ideal; the evil was in the attempt to impose that ideal by force upon others.

What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day?

I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals.