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.

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

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.

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.

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

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

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

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

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

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.