Principles Quotes · Page 52

Our success is measured by personal beliefs, not by anybody else's standards or beliefs.

— Anonymous

“When you’re under employment, you are not working in the area of your calling but rather helping to fulfill your employer’s”

— Sunday Adelaja

Computers operate on simple principles that can be easily understood by anybody with some common sense, a little imagination, and an IQ…

— Dave Barry

I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.

— Erica Jong

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

— Alan Dershowitz

“Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. They’re fundamental.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.

— Benjamin Franklin

The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of…

— Fulton J. Sheen

The fundamental principle in the analysis of propositions containing descriptions is this: Every proposition which we can understand must be composed wholly…

— Bertrand Russell

This has been a long and tiring battle for 10 years. And I'm glad it's finally resolved. My principles and reputation as…

— Irene Cara

Essential to receiving divine forgiveness are personal, individual recognition and acceptance of our Father's mercy, made available to us by the atoning…

— Ronald E. Poelman

Our ancient yogis and sages were not just medical healers, but systems scientists and systems engineers, who saw the body and the…

— Shiva Ayyadurai

After realizing a principle, unless you learn it with your body you cannot expect to get true understanding. Scholars in particular tend…

— Koichi Tohei

If you took our top fifteen decisions out, we'd have a pretty average record. It wasn't hyperactivity, but a hell of a…

— Charlie Munger

Through training, practice, and a deep sense of optimism, architects see opportunities where others only see a void. This has been the…

— Cameron Sinclair

The 'divide & conquer' principle has been successfully implemented on our planet and is being used very effectively to keep us under…

— Michael Tellinger

Foremost is the principle that the purpose of consumer research is to understand the customer's needs and wishes, and thus design product…

— W. Edwards Deming

Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of…

— Thomas S. Monson

In contemporary society secular humanism has been singled out by critics and proponents alike as a position sharply distinguishable from any religious…

— Paul Kurtz

Vanity, or to call it by a gentler name, the desire of admiration and applause, is, perhaps, the most universal principle of…

— Lord Chesterfield

We now face the prospect of a kind of global civil war between those who refuse to consider the consequences of civilization's…

— Al Gore

What kind of authority can there be for an 'Apostle' who, unlike the other Apostles, had never been prepared for the Apostolic…

— Ferdinand Christian Baur

The same polarity of the male and female principle exists in nature; not only, as is obvious in animals and plants, but…

— Erich Fromm

Many think it not only inevitable but entirely proper that liberty give way to security in times of national crisis--that, at the…

— Antonin Scalia

In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows: for details are swallowed up in principles.

— Alfred North Whitehead

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

— Agatha Christie

It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military.

— Wesley Clark

That happy sense of purpose people have when standing up for a principle they haven't really been knocked down for yet.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“To my horror principles have wormed their way into [the] fabric of my being.”

— Steve Toltz

My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life.

— John Wesley

I have been very consistent over the course of my entire life. I have always fought for the same values and principles.

— Hillary Clinton

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater…

— Andrew Carnegie

I don't have all the answers. I have a lot of questions. And I have some basic principles.

— Charles Koch

In an era of magic conveniently available at the touch of a button, new music should on principle represent something akin to…

— Helmut Lachenmann

One of the principles upon which the E.U. is built is the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary.

— Frans Timmermans

[Barack] Obama seems to have no firm principles that I can discern that he will adhere to.

— Nat Hentoff

“It is generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles and design.”

— Edmund Burke

Humanistic ethics is based on the principle that only humans themselves can determine the criterion for virtue and not an authority transcending…

— Bertrand Russell

I'm trying to encourage my children's generation and the other ones coming to return to basic American principles.

— Stewart Udall

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

— Charles Caleb Colton