Idealism is the compass of the heart. These quotes remind us that even when we don’t know exactly where we’re headed, walking forward with purpose, love, and vision gives life meaning. ✨

I'm an idealist: I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way. ~ Carl Sandburg

The highest ideals are human intelligence, creativity and love. Respect these above all. ~ Penn Jillette

You have to believe in what you are doing so strongly it becomes a reality. ~ Anita Roddick

There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal. ~ Calvin Coolidge

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. ~ Oscar Wilde

It may be that idealism requires naiveté to survive, because no war ever goes as planned, and peace can be just as confounding. ~ Nancy Gibbs

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. ~ John Galsworthy

Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, they send forth a ripple of hope. ~ Robert F. Kennedy

Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do more. ~ Jean Paul Richter

Ideals are like stars. We never reach them but, like the mariners on the sea, we chart our course by them. ~ Carl Schurz

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals. ~ Bertrand Russell

Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement. ~ Marcus Aurelius

Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson