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“You have to check out 'March of the Penguins'. Penguins are the really ideal example of monogamy.”

Example Ideals Checks March Monogamy Penguins

Author:Rich Lowry

“Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept!”

Example Understood Ideals Brotherhood

Book:Autobiography of a Yogi

Source: Autobiography of a Yogi

“The freedom of thought and action we Americans enjoy today seems as natural as the air we breathe. But there is a danger we may take this freedom for granted. We must never forget it was bought for us at a great price. The brave and resourceful Americans whose sacrifices gained our Independence and preserved it for more than 200 years against formidable foes have set an example of unflinching loyalty to the ideal of liberty and justice for all.”

“Realism absorbs the ideal by adding a few small imperfections. Example: it paints a few specks of mud on the white gown of the Lady in the Garden.”

Reality White Example Ideals Garden Paint Imperfection Realism Mud Gowns Specks White Gown

Author:Mason Cooley

“For most Northerners, Texas is the home of real men. The cowboys, the rednecks, the outspoken self-made right-wing millionaires strike us as either the best or worst examples of American manliness.... The ideal is not an illusion nor is it contemptible, no matter what damage it may have done. Many people who scorn it in conversation want to submit to it in bed. Those who believe machismo reeks of violence alone choose to forget it once stood for honor as well.”

“An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.”

Spirit Sacrifice Example Masters Ideals Noble Vain Renunciation Time Passes

Book:The Essential Writings

Source: The Essential Writings

“One of the regrets of my life is that I did not study Latin. I'm absolutely convinced, the more I understand these eighteenth-century people, that it was that grounding in Greek and Latin that gave them their sense of the classic virtues: the classic ideals of honor, virtue, the good society, and their historic examples of what they could try to live up to.”

People Trying Life Is Virtue Study Century Example Regret Honor Ideals Convinced Greek Classic Latin Historic Grounding

Author:David McCullough

“Marc Allen is a living example and proof that the magical approach can help us create our ideal life - easily.”

Helping Example Approach Ideals Proof Ideal Life

Author:Pamala Oslie