Principle Quotes · Page 8

The first principle of self-love is that you are not for sale.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

The principle is so perfectly general that no particular application of it is possible.

— George Polya

Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.

— Hillary Clinton

I have devoted my life to the principle of service before self.

— John E. James

There is a great deal in a name. It often signifies much, and may involve a great principle.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Net Neutrality - a guiding principle of the Internet since its beginning - means that content is all treated equally.

— Chellie Pingree

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.

— Rudy Rucker

“I have been known to walk away from something simply on principle...and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.”

— Shelley K. Wall

I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the…

— Thomas Paine

I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed…

— Eleanor Catton

“Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are…

— Richard Feynman

If the discussion centres on the essential principle of the E.U., the free movement of people and the ability to make decisions…

— Francois Hollande

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to…

— Alexandra Stoddard

If a principle exists it must be immutable, for that is what a principle is - a truth standing apart from the…

— Jeff Cooper

Democrats can hardly stand on principle regarding election year nominations when they were more than willing to engage in a partisan, election-year…

— Tom Fitton

Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey…

— Bruce Lee

Most of what Einstein said and did has no direct impact on what anybody reads in the Bible. Special relativity, his work…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Honesty is a principle. Service is a principle. Love is a principle. Hard work is a principle. Respect, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity,…

— Sean Covey

“By the principle of asceticism I mean that principle, which, like the principle of utility, approves or disapproves of any action, according…

— Jeremy Bentham

“What is Gnan (true knowledge)? There should be solutions from all sides and no contradictions should arise. A non-contradictory principle is the…

— Dada Bhagwan

I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept…

— Wayne Dyer

To me the female principle is, or at least historically has been, basically anarchic. It values order without constraint, rule by custom…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“There's this thing that I like to call the RC Sproul principle of hermenutics. When you're reading the bible and you come…

— R.C. Sproul Jr

Same with anyone who's been flying for years and loves it still... we're part of a world we deeply love. Just as…

— Richard Bach

It's an Islamic principle that you must follow the law of the land where you reside.

— Cat Stevens

This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on.

— Eknath Easwaran

All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.

— Henry Clay

If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen.

— Bill Owens

My guiding principle has always been that we do better when we respect one another.

— Andy Beshear

“The PC principle is to always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Family preparedness has been a long-established welfare principle.

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Verified Gnan (knowledge) is not just called gnan. Verified gnan is called ‘established principle’.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.

— Winston Churchill

“All things in the world of Nature are not controlled by Fate for the soul has a principle of its own.”

— Iamblichus

It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.

— Thomas Jefferson

To be "here and now," in principle, is just for once. And then you have to repeat that.

— Isabelle Huppert

the distinction between 'prejudice' and 'principle' is itself a matter of prejudice.

— Laura Bohannan

Nonviolence is a universal principle and its operation is not limited by a hostile environment.

— Mahatma Gandhi

We as a country should thrive on the principle of diversity in unity.

— Shatrughan Sinha

I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.

— Jasper Fforde