Principles Quotes

The moment you speak something out, you give birth to it. This is a spiritual principle, and it works whether what you are saying is good or bad, positive or negative.

You cannot compromise principles to achieve unity

A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.

Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract, be they facts or be they principles, under penalty of endless inconsistency and frustration.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment.

The ideas and principles of democracy should not be limited to politics, but must pervade all areas of social life.

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

If your ceiling is falling down, don't you call someone in? I apply the same principle to myself.

No science ever defends its first principles.

The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.

Those two principles: We're supposed to love one another and we're supposed to work together to make the experience better. That's all the religion you need, really, to make a success of this planet.

I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense.

A principle is a principle, and God created all the principles.

On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence, as the fundamental Act of Union of these States.

It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.

Fundamental rights are for everyone and have to be respected by everyone. But we can't be naïve in dealing with those who are abusing the principles protecting fundamental rights.

Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those bastards always talk about the purity of race.

Principles are what people have instead of God.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

The distinctive principle of Western social philosophy is individualism.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

I am a strong believer in the principle of growth.

I am a man of principle. I will stick by my principles. I will tell the truth no matter where the chips fall.

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

The world has no reason for fighting in our defense, and as a matter of principle God does not make cowardly nations free.

In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.

He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day.

A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.

The principles stated in the proclamation on the family are a beautiful expression of this gospel culture.

We need to challenge the dominant culture: by ethics, principles and values.

The Absolute God of the universe, the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe, is impersonal principle.

Principles must conquer in the long run, for that is the manhood of man.

Our job in physics is to see things simply, to understand a great many complicated phenomena in a unified way, in terms of a few simple principles.

The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.

Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.

For a truly effective social campaign, a brand needs to embrace the first principles of marketing, which involves brand definition and consistent storytelling.

What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow.

Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute 'Freedom and Power to one half of society, and Submission and Slavery to the other.'

I say to everyone within the sound of my voice, 'Do not fail the Lord'. We must accept the truth that the gospel principles are not on trial but that we are.

The first principle of aid is respect.

I accept no principles of physics which are not also accepted in mathematics.

Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty.

Either this is logical and true, or else the principles on which economic science is based are invalid.

The failure-dichotomy principle: failure is good. Failure is not an option. Balance those in your brain.