187 Quotes About Ideals

We must judge the tree by its fruit. The best fruits of the religious experience are the best things history has to offer. The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, and bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have all been flown for religious ideals.

Pois o ódio ao Estrangeiro sempre arma alguns Intrépidos prontos a morrer por uma Ideia.

Sometimes it's best to trade an ideal for something more practical that you can guarantee.

The fictitious characters of movies undermine our personal relationships with others. we are constantly under pressure to fit into the mould created by fiction, and we find it impossible to satisfy our partner as none of us have the ability to come to the level of the ideals set by the hero or heroine in the movies. we often crushed under such fallacious expectations which create frustration and anger between the partners.

. . . all nations twist history and cleanse their heroes in order to express an ideal to live up to.

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, no, all men were capable of dying for one.

And when I fall in love,” I began, "I will build a mountain to touch the sky. Then, my lover and I will have the best of both worlds, reality firmly under our feet, while we have our heads in the clouds with all our illusions still intact. And the purple grass will grow all around, high enough to reach our eyes.

My favorite songs are songs that create moods, rather than ideals.

No poet ever wrote a poem to dishonor life, to compromise high ideals, to scorn religious views, to demean hope or gratitude, to argue against tenderness, to place rancor before love, or to praise littleness of soul. Not one. Not ever.