Quotes about Realism

If you tried to right all the wrongs in the world you'd exhaust yourself in under an hour.

As good as the people are in your life, there are no perfect people. There is no perfect boss, no perfect friend, no perfect neighbor, no perfect spouse. Give people room to be human. Quit expecting them to perform perfectly all the time.

The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.

Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Positive characterizations are complex characterizations. That's all we need to know. They shouldn't be saccharine. They shouldn't feel like medicine.

All you earnest young men out to save the world please, have a laugh.

Absolutism, in both religious and political realism, is a splendid incentive to heroic action, but a dangerous guide in immediate and concrete situations.

Genuine humility is based on a realistic self-appraisal and a healthy feeling of self-worth.

I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.

What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable?

Since we all have blind spots, you may need to ask a third party to help you evaluate your own actions before meeting with the person with whom you have a conflict. Also ask God to show you how much of the problem is your fault. Ask, "Am I the problem? Am I being unrealistic, insensitive, or too sensitive?" The Bible says, "If we claim that we're free of sin, we're only fooling ourselves." 19