He knew when to compromise. Yet he never compromised his principles. He was a militant. Yet a militant who knew how to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We're connected to the Buddhist order, to the mind of enlightenment. All day long we draw the power and force from that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur… — Eric Sevareid Copy Share Image
Consistency is one of the most powerful usability principles: when things always behave the same, users don't have to worry about what… — Jakob Nielsen Copy Share Image
We should be exploring consciousness at the neural level and higher, where the arrow of causal analysis points up toward such principles… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
It is not a question of religion, or of creed, or of party; it is a question of declaring and maintaining the… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
There has been a seismic shift in the business world. The great classical business principles still hold true but they need to… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The final moment of success is often no more thrilling than taking off a heavy backpack at the end of a long… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword… — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
To be energetic and firm where principle demands it, and tolerant in all else, is not easy. It is not easy to… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
Odonianism is anarchism. Not the bomb-in-the-pocket stuff, which is terrorism, whatever name it tries to dignify itself with, not the social-Darwinist economic… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The fundamental principles of prosperity in every country are so well understood that they need but little if any discussion. They are… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
I think, ironically, the media's been good for America, but Trump's been good for the media. He's revitalized The New York Times… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
There can be no truly moral choice unless that choice is made in freedom; similarly, there can be no really firmly grounded… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
But you know what? There's far more pain involved in rolling over, far more pain in hiding in the shadows, far more… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
In Oceania at the present day, Science, in the old sense, has almost ceased to exist. In Newspeak there is no word… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
People generally will soon understand that writers should be judged, not according to rules and species, which are contrary to nature and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
For me, teaching helps to reaffirm the right principles and values of acting. It helps me focus on the good stuff that… — Mark Pellegrino Copy Share Image
A realization that the founding principle of existence is what we call love, which works itself out sometimes not clearly, not cleanly,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“People who put principles before people are people who hate people. They don’t much care about how well it works, just about… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
“More is accomplished in life by a person who is guided by principles than by one who relies on their will. When… — Victor Kwegyir Copy Share Image
"Adjust to changing times but sticking to unchanging principles" - committing me and all Americans to real ideals of justice and truth,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I cannot too greatly emphasize the importance and value of Bible study - more important than ever before in these days of… — John Wanamaker Copy Share Image
A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a "principle" carries knowledge within itself, and… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Every guy knows he can find a girl who is simply satisfied with satisfying him. They are much more turned on by… — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
Tell me, where in life is there a value that would make us consider suicide uncalled for on principle! Love? Or friendship?… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
As much as I disagree with Bernie Sanders - at least Bernie Sanders was a man seemingly of principle, a man who… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
Would we be the heroes or the cowards of the piece? Would we follow orders or stick to our principles, if those… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
You know that, according to quantum theory, if two particles collide with enough energy you can, in principle, with an infinitesimal probability,… — Isidor Isaac Rabi Copy Share Image
He who knows not how to plant his will in things at least endows them with some meaning: that is to say,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I have certain signatures, certain cutting principles. It could be a raw-edged seam; it could be leaving the lining of sheepskin exposed… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
One of my goals is to inspire people to be all that they can be and, hopefully, be a good example and… — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
We're actually saying, here's a principle that I'd like to arc toward. That's a very different role in life. I didn't expect… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
My group, the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, was one of the principle organizers. So, there was this campaign to support the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Some of the domestic evils of drunkenness are houses without windows, gardens without fences, fields without tillage, barns without roofs, children without… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If the principle is, "Let's not get lethal substances out to the public", the first one you'd go after is tobacco. The… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
![“We're actually saying, here's a principle that I'd like to arc toward. That's a very different role in life. I didn't expect [Barack] Obama to go to the root of things. I didn't expect him to have a principled position on anything. I mean, just pay some moderate attention to the guy.” quote by Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/4af/bill-ayers-1848_arcs_we-re-actually-saying-here-s-a-principle_1087486.png)
