I believe that there is something far nobler than loyalty to any particular man. Loyalty to the truth as we perceive it - loyalty to our duty as we know it - loyalty to the ideals of our brain and heart - is, to my mind, far greater and far nobler than loyalty to the life of any particular man or God. . . .
As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals -- or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all.
We're all slight hypocrites who fall short of our ideals.
I'm just like anyone else. I have ideals that I grasp onto but I try not to grasp on too tightly and to be open to other people's thoughts and opinions even if they're completely different than mine.
hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.
The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.
I loathe your ideals because I know no worse injustice than the giving of the undeserved.
We are made up of two contrasting ideals: Love And Fear. Pick One and Live.
Like matter itself, an ideal is mutable, but indestructible. It does not die; it only undergoes a change.
The ideal day never comes. Today is ideal for him who makes it so.
Ideals are like tuning forks: sound them often to bring your life up to standard pitch.
A vague uncritical idealism always lends itself to ridicule and too much of it might be a danger to mankind, leading it round in a futile wild-goose chase for imaginary ideals.
I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.
It is the mysterious touch of the ideal that animates and sustains the real, and through it alone we can discover and affirm the ideal.
Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly.
Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal.
My father's values and vision of this country obviously form everything I have as values and ideals. But this is not the ghost of my father running for the leadership of the Liberal party. This is me.
Our relationship would never vary from its allegiance to the shared values, the shared religious heritage, the shared democratic politics which have made the relationship between the United States and Israel a special-even on occasion a wonderful-relationship. . . The United States admires Israel for all that it has overcome and for all that it has accomplished. We are proud of the strong bond we have forged with Israel, based on our shared values and ideals. That unique relationship will endure just as Israel has endured.
Integrity is the integration of ideals, convictions, standards, beliefs-and behavior. When our behavior is congruent with our professed values, when ideals and practice match up, we have integrity.
The ideals and principles for which Dr King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.