Principles Quotes · Page 56

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.

— Laurence J. Peter

“Life is supposed to be used in fulfilling our individual purposes of creation”

— Sunday Adelaja

The principles of Buddhism have become more commonplace, which is a good thing.

— Sakyong Mipham

I will not do anything against the basic principles of my party. The Bharatiya Janata Party will function under its declared policy.

— Amit Shah

“A true mother is known for her compassion, love and passion; she is everly dedicated to her calling.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

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

— Tariq Ramadan

Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.

— Orison Swett Marden

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

— A. J. Liebling

In contrast to ethical relativism, Christianity sets forth a system of absolute moral values and affirms that God has placed within the…

— Martin Luther

I chose to deal with the science of cryptography. Cryptography began in mathematics. Codes were developed, even from Caesar's time, based on…

— Anonymous

My untidy habits drive me to follow the slash-and-burn principle. Work on a virgin table until the mess becomes unbearable, then move…

— Richard Dawkins

The sculptor must search with passionate intensity for the underlying principle of the organisation of mass and tension - the meaning of…

— Barbara Hepworth

We are inclined to confuse freedom and democracy, which we regard as moral principles, with the way in which they are practiced…

— J. William Fulbright

Sarah Palin may have chosen to not answer the call for the presidency, but make no mistake, the principles that garnered her…

— Tammy Bruce

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“The ingenerating of a principle of grace in the soul seems in Scripture to be compared to the conceiving of Christ in…

— Jonathan Edwards

In the various states of society, armies are recruited from very different motives. Barbarians are urged by the love of war; the…

— Edward Gibbon

A principle familiar to propagandists is that the doctrine to be instilled in the target audience should not be articulated: that would…

— Noam Chomsky

That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in…

— Aristotle

“We Catholics have not only to do our best to keep down our own warring passions and live decent lives, which will…

— Ronald A. Knox

The wonderful structure of the animal system will probably never permit us to look upon it as a merely physical apparatus, yet…

— John Gorrie

The material which a scientist actually has at his disposal, his laws, his experimental results, his mathematical techniques, his epistemological prejudices, his…

— Paul Feyerabend

“So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of…

— Christopher Hitchens

We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.

— Thomas Jefferson

The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed.

— Rob Chapman

The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe.

— Catharine Beecher

Regeneration expresses those supernatural, divine, new qualities imparted by the Spirit to the soul, which are the principle of all holy action.

— John Flavel

I was taught that in this country if you work hard, you can do anything, and I don't see a lot of…

— Allen Covert

Antagonistic cooperation is the principle of all markets and many marriages.

— Mason Cooley

What separates or unites people is not their language, their laws, their customs, their principles, but the way they hold their knife…

— Irene Nemirovsky

In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants…

— Phillis Wheatley

The market is like the police: of course you need it, but if it becomes the central organizing principle of your culture…

— Philip E. Agre

There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're…

— Will Shetterly

Life is the expression of tone. In that sentence is the basic principle of Chiropractic.

— Daniel D. Palmer

Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle.

— Radhanath Swami

The principle of natural selection is absolutely incompatible with the word of God. [It] contradicts the revealed relations of creation to its…

— Samuel Wilberforce

The fundamental principle of Christianity is to be what God is, and he is light.

— John Hagee

I see four principles as laying the foundations for the kind of economic recovery Europe needs: fairness, efficiency, solidarity and growth.

— Victor Ponta

The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual principles.

— David James Duncan