A Quote by Susan Stebbing

To have ideals is not the same as to have impracticable ideals.

Susan Stebbing

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Susan Stebbing
British - Philosopher
December 2, 1885 - September 11, 1943

We come to think of an idealist as one who seeks to realize what is not in fact realizable. But, it is necessary to insist, to have ideals is not the same as to have impracticable ideals, however often it may be the case that our ideals are impracticable.

Susan Stebbing

We know that we can defeat Islamist terrorism without violating our ideals; indeed, we must. These ideals, these American ideals.

Evan McMullin

But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.

John Buchanan Robinson

We in America have some grand ideals - and some very strong ideals - but a lot of times, those ideals are used for marketing.

Brad Pitt

I suppose we make kids the repository of our highest ideals because children are powerless. In that way we can have ideals and ignore them at the same time.

Ellen Goodman

The essence of Ananda is both personal and sociological. Personally for people who seek truth or identities of God, it helps to be with other people who share those ideals. Environment is stronger than willpower, and when you are with people who have high ideals, it helps you to grow in your ideals.

Goswami Kriyananda

If one is not a living mockery of one's own ideals, one has set one's ideals too low.

Charles Ludlam

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

Mehmet Murat Ildan

It doesn't suffice to knock the state, to destroy the ideals. Something has to replace those ideals if they're taken away.

Murray Head

I believe that the ideals that America has stood for throughout our history represent the highest ideals of humankind.

Mike Pence

My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And every time it's a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.

Lars von Trier

False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them.

Franz Werfel

We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it's easy, but when it is hard.

Barack Obama

In our observances this Memorial Day, we honor the brave Americans who paid the highest price for their commitment to the ideals of peace, freedom, and justice. Our debt to them can be paid only by our own recommitment to preserving those same ideals.

Ronald Reagan

The instinctive need to be the member of a closely knit group fighting for common ideals may grow so strong that it becomes inessential what these ideals are.