Idealism quotes

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◆ Just because you don't fit society's standards of beautiful, doesn't mean YOU aren't beautiful.

- Rachel Marie Meyer100

◆ Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup

- Henry Louis Mencken99

◆ Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

- Jacques Barzun99

◆ It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. We made giving exciting.

- Bob Geldof99

◆ Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

- William F Buckley Jr99

◆ Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

- Emma Goldman99

◆ I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble

- Helen Keller99

◆ A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

- Arthur Schopenhauer99

◆ For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried to establish a monopoly of idealism.

- Henry Cabot Lodge99

◆ An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

- H L Mencken99

◆ Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.

- Don Henley99

◆ The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

- Neil Kinnock99

◆ You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.

- Bono99

◆ Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism.

- Germaine Greer99

◆ Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.

- Pearl S Buck99