1. Ideals are guiding lights. Without ideals, there is no firm direction; and without direction, there is no life. ——Leo Tolstoy

2. The happiest thing in the world is to fight for your ideals. ——Socrates

3. The realization of ideals depends only on action, not empty talk. ——Democritus

4. People who have no ideals in life are poor people. ——Turgenev

5. Ideals cannot be conquered by reality, and the sparks of hope shine in the dark sky. ——Ba Jin

6. People need ideals, but they need human ideals that are in line with nature, not supernatural ideals. ——Lenin

7. The human soul needs ideals more than materials. ——Hugo

8. In the best ideal world, everything is designed for the best purpose. ——Voltaire

9. The more noble a person’s ideal, the purer his life. ——Voynich

10. Having no ideals and being indecisive is a sad mentality. ——Bacon

11. Our ideals, no matter what, belong to the future. ——Qilete

12. Your ideals and enthusiasm are the rudder and sail of your sailing soul. ——Romain Rolland

13. Truly beautiful things must be consistent with nature on the one hand, and consistent with ideals on the other. ——Schiller

14. The characteristic of young people is that they have great ambitions to pursue ideal careers.

——Kalinin