You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal read more

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as read more

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

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

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

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that read more

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.