Quotes about ideals and idealism

"Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement."

Roosevelt, Theodore on ideals and idealism
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"The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same."

Rostand, Jean on ideals and idealism   

"I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way."

Sandburg, Carl on ideals and idealism
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"Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them."

Schurz, Carl on ideals and idealism   

"A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road."

Smith, Alexander on ideals and idealism   

"When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter."

Smith, Logan Pearsall on ideals and idealism   

"Saddle your dreams before you ride em."

Webb, Mary on ideals and idealism   

"A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing."

Wilde, Oscar on ideals and idealism
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