Idealism Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, idealists are apt to walk straight into the gutter.
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) Anglo-American essayist
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the tars.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Anglo-Irish author
A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.
Alexander Smith (1830-1867) Scottish poet
The idealist is incorrigible: if he is thrown out of his heaven he makes an ideal of his hell.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher
He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) English prime minister
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
W. R. Inge (1860-1954) Dean of St. Paul’s, London
One should never put on one’s best trousers when going out to battle for freedom and truth.
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) Norwegian dramatist
Saddle your dreams afore you ride ’em.
Mary Webb (1881-1927) British author.
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
Henry Ford (1863-1947) American industrialist
An idealist is a man who looks at a rose, and thinks, because it smells sweet, it will make better soup than a cabbage.
H. L Mencken (1880-1956) American journalist
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.
John Galsworthy (1867-1933) English novelist, dramatist
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) Russian political theorist
The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.
Malcolm de Chazal (1902-1981) French writer
