William Greenough Thayer Shedd Quotes

A man's ideal, like his horizon, is constantly receding from him as he advances toward it.

William Greenough Thayer Shedd

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• We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Freedom
  • Commitment

• I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.

  

  Halsey
  • Direction
  • Fan
  • Horizon

• Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • Eyes
  • Line
  • Horizon

• There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Always
  • Fishing
  • Horizon

• In any case, ideals are something we strive for; they are somewhere on the horizon of our efforts; they provide meaning and direction; they are not, however, static quotas that we either fulfill or do not.

  

  Vaclav Havel
  • Direction
  • Strive
  • Horizon

• Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.

  

  Alexander Haig
  • Life
  • Practice
  • Ideals

• Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? ... The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of a better life.

  

  Yann Martel
  • People
  • Life
  • World

• The whole purpose of working is to support your ideal lifestyle.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Support
  • Purpose
  • Whole

• It's not ideal to have three films coming out at once.

  

  George Clooney
  • Film
  • Three
  • Ideals

• The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon.

  

  Will Self
  • Imagination
  • Liberty
  • Horizon

• No art can conquer the people alone-the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • People
  • Art
  • Authority

• For, after all, you do grow up, you do outgrow your ideals, which turn to dust and ashes, which are shattered into fragments; and if you have no other life, you just have to build one up out of these fragments.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Dust
  • Ideals
  • Fragments

• I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals.

  

  Coco Chanel
  • Ideals
  • Refused
  • Concessions

• Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.

  

  Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Sky
  • Ends
  • Horizon

• The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.

  

  Sara Paretsky
  • Justice
  • Possibility
  • Criminals

• What folly takes light through ether to each eye from every horizon.

  

  Scarlett Thomas
  • Light
  • Horizon

• Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, A sun-lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding; And haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Door
  • Field
  • Horizon

• Christian Research Institute will continue doing what we do ... making people so familiar with truth that when counterfeits loom on the horizon, they know it instantaneously. So we're a discernment ministry, continually trying to build Christians up so that they can discern between truth and error.

  

  Hank Hanegraaff
  • Truth
  • Error
  • Horizon

• The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission. The Creed is a warning.

  

  Arno
  • Ideals
  • Permission
  • Creed

• Death is the black hole of biology. It's an event horizon, and once you go over that event horizon, no information can be passed back out of the hole.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Black
  • Information
  • Events

• It’s best to keep your troubles pretty much to yourself, because half the people you tell them to won’t give a damn, and the other half will be glad to hear you’ve got them.

  

  Brenda Novak
  • Hear
  • Troubles
  • Damn

• Music is always a healer. Music has never let me down. I know it’s my religion. There’s the idea that you can’t truly know happiness until you know sadness, so how can you heal yourself unless you’ve hurt yourself? I’m still figuring out who I am, but I know that I’m not who I was.

  

  Brendon Urie Panic! at the Disco
  • Music
  • Hurt
  • Religion

• A man's ideal, like his horizon, is constantly receding from him as he advances toward it.

  

  William Greenough Thayer Shedd
  • Ideals
  • Horizon
  • Receding