“Use the imagination to picture only what is good, what is beautiful, what is beneficial, what is ideal, and what you wish to realize. Mentally see yourself receiving what you deeply desire to receive. What you imagine, you will think, and what you think, you will become. Therefore, if you imagine only those things that are in harmony with what you wish to obtain or achieve, all your thinking will soon tend to produce what you want to attain or achieve.” IfsThinkingWantUseBeautifulDesireWishRealizingImaginationImagineAchieveProduceIdealsHarmonyWhat You WantReceivingBeneficial Author:Christian D. Larson
“Liberals have a new wish every time their latest wish is granted. Conservatives should make them spell out their principles and ideals. Instead of doing this, conservatives allow liberals to pursue incremental goals without revealing their ultimate destination. So, thanks to the negligence of their opponents, liberals control the terms of every debate by always demanding 'more' while never defining 'enough.' The predictable result is that they always get more, and it's never enough.” ShouldEnoughPoliticsWishGoalTermResultsPrinciplesIdealsUltimateDebatePursueThanksGrantedOpponentsDestinationSpellsRevealingDefiningPredictableNegligence Author:Joseph Sobran
“Who exactly do you want to be? What kind of person do you want to be? What are your personal ideals? Whom do you admire? What are their special traits that you would make your own It's time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to become wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become. If you have a daybook, write down who you're trying to be, so that you can refer to this self-determination. Precisely describe the demeanor you want to adopt so that you may preserve it when you are by yourself or with other people.” PeopleIfsWantShouldWritingTryingKindMayPersonsSelfWishWiseSpecialIdealsDeterminationExtraordinaryAdmirePreservesSelf DeterminationTraitsAspireVagueDemeanorExtraordinary Person Author:Epictetus
“In art as in politics we must deal with people as they are not as we wish them to be. Only by working with the real can you get closer to the ideal.” PeopleArtRealRealityWishDealsIdeals Author:Rita Mae Brown
“I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.” StillsWishPositionChangedIdealsPursueNever ChangeAnarchist Author:Federica Montseny
“... as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the ideal library is in the wish of its maker.” EyeWishIdealsLibraryMakersBeholderEye Of The BeholderBeauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder Author:Carolyn Wells
“Though they themselves might be as surprised as their parents and teachers to hear it said, adolescents--these poignantly thin- skinned and vulnerable, passionate and impulsive, starkly sexual and monstrously self-absorbed creatures--are, in fact, avid seekers of moral authenticity. They wish above all to achieve some realistic power over the real world in which they live while at the same time remaining true to their values and ideals.” WorldSaidRealSelfFactsMightValuesWishParentMoralTeacherAchieveCreaturesIdealsPassionateAuthenticityVulnerableRealisticReal WorldAdolescenceSeekersImpulsiveSelf AbsorbedAvidParents And Teachers Author:Louise J. Kaplan