Ideal Quotes



Apathy can only be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: First, an ideal which takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

~ Arnold Toynbee Quotes

Famous Quotes on: Vision, Enthusiasm, Act, Yin, Path, Ideal, Practice




Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements… According to prevailing attitudes, these people--the pride and joy of their parents--should have had a strong and stable sense of self-assurance. But the case is exactly the opposite... [Whenever they suddenly get the feeling they have failed to live up to some ideal image or have not measured up to some standard, then they are plagued by anxiety or deep feelings of guilt and shame. What are the reasons for such disturbances in these competent, accomplished people?

~ Alice Miller Quotes

Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, Live, Anxiety, Act, Pride, Ideal, Feelings, Reason, Achievement, Rent, Fail, Joy, Talent, Achieve, People, Shame, Strong, Parents




Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

~ James Allen Quotes

Motivational Quotes on: Vision, James Allen, Dreams, Dream, Ideal




Set your ideal as near to perfection as your imagination is capable of forming the conception.

~ Wallace D. Wattles Quotes from The Science of Being Great

Self-Development Quotes on: Perfection, Ideal, Great, Perfect






Fix upon your ideal of what you wish to make of yourself.

~ Wallace D. Wattles Quotes from The Science of Being Great

Famous Quotes on: Ideal, Great




Man must cast out of himself everything which separates him from God. He must will to live the divine life, and he must rise above all moral temptations; he must forsake every course of action that is not in accord with his highest ideals.

~ Wallace D. Wattles Quotes from The Science of Being Great

Inspirational Quotes on: Action, God, Live, Act, Ideal, Great, Life, Ideals




Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.

~ Steven Pressfield Quotes

Motivational Quotes on: Ideal, Life, Steven Pressfield




We can’t become anything we want to be. We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who are from the cradle, and we’re stuck with it. Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it. If we are born to paint, it’s our job to become a painter. If we are born to raise and nurture children, it’s our job to become a mother. If we were born to overthrow the order of ignorance and injustice in the world, it’s our job to realize it and get down to business.

~ Steven Pressfield Quotes

Self-Development Quotes on: Business, Sin, Persona, Act, Ideal, Life, Pain, Ignorance, Steven Pressfield, Destiny




To work effectively you need uninterrupted blocks of time in which you can complete meaningful work… I've found that a minimum of 90 minutes is ideal for a single block.

~ Steve Pavlina Quotes

Famous Quotes on: Sin, Work, Ideal




I recognize thart even you, yourself, will change. Your ideals will change, your tastes will change, your desires will change. Your whole understandings of who you are had better change, because if it doesn't change, you've become a very static personality over a great many years, and nothing would displease me more. And so I recognize that the process of evolution will produce changes in you.

~ Neal Donald Walsch Quotes

Inspirational Quotes on: Change, Desire, Persona, Better, Ideal, Great, Ideals, Understand





Showing Quotations 1 to 10 of 16

Free Inspirational Newsletter!

Inspiration. Empowerment. Wisdom. Get Big Ideas from the great thinkers--from Buddha, Rumi, Aurelius, Nietzsche, Rand & Buscaglia to today's masters: Dyer, Robbins, Covey, Coelho and so many more. Master time management, learn to love, find your purpose. Live with happiness. Think Areté. 3 minutes a day. It's Free.

Sign up now!


Daily M-W-F Weekly
(your privacy is respected, of course)

Want to learn more before you sign up?
Sponsored by:

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.

~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Quotes on: Martin Luther King, Faith

Testimonials
“Thank you for last week's Daily ”
~ Rochelle
See all | Share yours >>