"If a man does not have an..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful.
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“The one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight... It should be the growing nation with a future which takes the long look ahead.”
“Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back the children in whose hands rests the future of the years.”
“Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.”
More on 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. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias.”
“You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all want to change the world.”
“Let woman be a plaything, pure and fine, like a precious stone, illumined with the virtues of a world not yet come.”