1. Only those who set great goals for themselves and strive for them with all their strength are happy people. ——Kalinin
2. I never regard comfort and happiness as the purpose of life - this ethical basis, I call it the ideal of the pig pen. ——Einstein
3. The ideal of life is for an ideal life. ——Zhang Wentian
4. If a person has not determined the goal of sailing, no wind direction will be favorable to him. ——(France) Montaigne
5. Ideals are like stars - we can never reach them, but like navigators, we can sail by the position of the stars. ——Schlitz
6. Ideals cannot be conquered by reality, and the sparks of hope shine in the dark sky. ——Ba Jin
7. An ideal is a force! ——Romain Rolland
8. People who have no ideals in life are poor people. ——Turgenev
9. If we do not have ideals, our minds will fall into coma; if we do not engage in labor, how can our ideals be realized? ——Chen Yi
10. People need ideals, but they need human ideals that are in line with nature, not supernatural ideals. ——Lenin
11. Ideals are needed and are the direction we move forward. Only with the guidance of ideals can reality have a future; conversely, ideals must be realized through practical efforts.
——Zhou Enlai