Mark Zuckerberg Quotes

There is the world that should be and the world that is. We live in one and must create the other.

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.

We have to deal with the world as we find it. The world of what it takes to get this done.

Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.

We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.

What we need most, is not so much to realize the ideal as to idealize the real.

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.

I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.

Ideas do not count for much unless they change the lives of men.

An ideologue believes that what is right will work. A pragmatist believes that what works is right.

On Pragmatism: It's all very well in theory but it doesn't work in practice

My philosophy is that you do what you have to do.

I'm a dreamer and a realist.

Pragmatism and romance are sort of opposites.

If you have not even a little imagination, you are simply a brute. So you must not lower your ideal, neither are you to lose sight of practicality. We must avoid the two extremes.... You must try to combine in your life immense idealism with immense practicality.

Success is achieved by people who deeply understand reality and know how to use it to get what they want. The converse is also true: idealists who are not well-grounded in reality create problems, not progress.

Idealism leads to realism if it is strictly thought out.

'Realistic dreamer' is not an oxymoron.

Idealism and realism meet in the actual.

The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action.

The principle of realism means denial of the ideal.

Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.