Idealism Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

9 Idealism Quotes
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“An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.”
Sydney J. Harris Quotes
“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 Keller Quotes
“Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.”
Emma Goldman Quotes
“Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.”
Aldous Huxley Quotes
“Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup”
Henry Louis Mencken Quotes
“Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.”
William F. Buckley, Jr. Quotes
“You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works, at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind.”
D.H. Lawrence Quotes
“It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. We made giving exciting.”
Bob Geldof Quotes
“Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.”
Jacques Barzun Quotes