Principles Quotes

People can be unreliable and disloyal; possessions can lose their value; jobs that once stimulated you can become boring. But principles remain steady through it all.

The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by reference to principles.

Faithfulness to principle is only proved by faithfulness in detail.

It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle

Price above Principle makes you a Prostitute.

The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a vague chatter and melts away between one’s fingers.

There also appears to be another element in the soul, which, though irrational, yet in a manner participates in rational principle.

[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable and obedient to it

The majority of women have no principles of their own; they are guided by the heart, and depend for their own conduct, upon that of the men they love.

The first principle of all action is leisure.

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism.

Any successful long-term strategy will require that the green wave fully and passionately embrace the principles of eco-equity.

I'm not a stickler for truth. To me, lying in poetry is much more fun. I'm against lying in life, in principle, in any other activity except poetry.

If I simply live the principles that appear to be truth for me, I will touch the lives of those I am destined to touch.

The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won.

Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.'

In far from equilibrium conditions, the concept of probability that underlies Boltzmann's order principle is no longer valid if the structures we observe do not correspond to a maximum of complexions

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

Lean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose.

Principles are deep fundamental truths... lightly interwoven threads running with exactness, consistency, beauty and strength through the fabric of life.

The greatest management principle in the world is: 'the things that get rewarded and appreciated get done.'

A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.

Championships are not won on the night of a big event, but years before by athletes who commit themselves daily to championship principles

Quality is my principle and qualified is my attitude.

Having a Christian worldview means being utterly convinced that biblical principles are not only true but also work better in the grit and grime of the real world.

Fasting is the first principle of medicine; fast and see the strength of the spirit reveal itself.

The aesthetic principle is the same in every art, only the material differs.

Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion.

Fixed principles of truth are the only safeguard for youth.

I live my life based on 2 principles. One, I live as if today was my last day on earth. Two, I live today as if I am going to live forever.

With our minds alone we can discover those principles we need to employ to convert all humanity to success in a new, harmonious relationship with the universe.

It's objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last.

Like love, the light or guidance of truth that influences us exists only in living form, not in principles or rules or expectations or advice, however widely circulated

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... It is the picture you have of yourself - the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.

A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction.

The Revolution has grown cold; all its principles are weakened; there remains only red caps worn by intriguers. The exercise of terror has made crime blasé, as strong liquors made the palace blasé.

To be a fully functioning moral agent, one cannot passively accept moral principles handed down by fiat. Moral principles require moral reasoning.

It is now a documented principle of psychology that human beings subconsciously move in the direction of their most dominant thought.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

Enthusiasm for conservation can be fashioned into a nasty weapon for those who dislike business on general principles.

A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary Malthusian ideas.

History comes and history goes, but principles endure, and ensure future generations will defend liberty not as a gift from government but as a blessing from our Creator.

Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking.

As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

Chivalry - ...a romantic idealism closely related to Christianity, which makes honor the guiding principle of conduct. Connected with this is the ancient concept of the gentleman.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

The Democratic Party is now a political mechanism having a genuine political principle: national socialism.