"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny."

--

Source : Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft (1913). “Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz”, Putnam Juvenile

Carl Schurz

#Change Quotes #Stars Quotes #Destiny Quotes

“I havenâ€™t been right all year. I guess, you know, when you donâ€™t feel good, and you still get hits, thatâ€™s when you know you are a bad man.”
“Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about.”
“I still hope that the American system of checks and balances will ultimately prevent this man, Donald Trump, with his erratic political style, from jeopardizing our European security architecture.”
“At the heart of excessive individualism is a broken heart”
“Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.”
“My school was pretty much all African Americans, but it was still a little tough to be in because I didn't have a lot of money. And when I came back to my neighborhood, it was tough to fit in there, too, because I was wearing Catholic school clothes, and I had two parents, which was rare.”
“A Jewish woman had two chickens. One got sick, so the woman made chicken soup out of the other one to help the sick one get well.”
“I love 'True Blood.' I love 'The Walking Dead.' Those are fantastic series.”

You may also like:

Andrew Johnson
17th U.S. President
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
George William Curtis
Writer
Horace Greeley
Editor
James G. Blaine
Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
James Russell Lowell
Poet
John Davis Long
Former Governor of Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist
Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist