Principles Quotes · Page 62

Y'know, Nature's unpredictable -- that's why we had to tame her. Maybe we went too far, but in principle we made the…

— Jeanette Winterson

The purpose of establishing different houses of legislation is to introduce the influence of different interests or different principles.

— Thomas Jefferson

If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it.

— Noam Chomsky

We are a nation built on principles of freedom, and high on the list of freedoms is freedom of religious expression.

— Alexander Acosta

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.

— Donald Tusk

I think, [ "You're All That"] it's based around the biblical principles and truths that transformed me.

— Paula White

Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to…

— David Horowitz

Your best friends are your principles, if you havent them, dont look for another friend.

— Ilkin Santak

If you just fight against everything willy-nilly, then the message is you're just gonna obstruct on anything. I would rather fight very,…

— Tim Kaine

For, to my mind, this is a certain principle, that nothing is here treated of but the visible form of the world.…

— John Calvin

You are to think of yourself as only existing in this world to do God's will. To think that you are your…

— William Law

In the beginning, the feminine principle was seen as the fundamental cosmic force. All ancient peoples believed that the world was created…

— Judy Chicago

There are principles which govern our life-they are the principles of Life. If our life is lived according to these principles all…

— Henry Thomas Hamblin

The one thing the media abhors almost without exception is anyone who takes a firm stand on any issue out of religious…

— Francis Schaeffer

We're seeing that God's word and His principles do work. They may not work overnight but they are powerful and when we…

— Alex Kendrick

The as if principle works. Act as if you were not afraid and you will become courageous, as if you could and…

— Anonymous

I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principle. Its principles are…

— Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

By consequence I hold that no one ever did, or can do, anything for "society."... Comte invented the term altruism as an…

— Albert J. Nock

... fain would I turn back the clock and devote to French or some other language the hours I spent upon algebra,…

— Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

Whether you were talking about Pillsbury, Burger King, Godfather's, the National Restaurant Association, in each one of those situations, I had a…

— Herman Cain

One of the signs of the imminent Apocalypse is the "bitterness of all waters," and anyone traveling through eastern Europe, the former…

— Marq de Villiers

Tools arm the man. One can well say that man is capable of bringing forth a world; he lacks only the necessary…

— Novalis

It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the…

— Alexander Hamilton

I do go against my leadership all the time because I stand firm on the four questions that I ask about all…

— Paul Broun

A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction.

— A. R. Ammons

The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.

— Aristotle

It is a universal principle that whenever one refuses to use his God-given powers, these powers decay and perish.

— Ellen G. White

Citizen service is a repudiation of the principles upon which our country was based. We are all here for ourselves.

— Rush Limbaugh

I'm not trying to copy Nature, I'm trying to find the principles she's using.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

“When you study God’s Word and incorporate His wisdom and principles into your daily life, your whole perspective will change.”

— Elizabeth George

The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time.

— David J. Schwartz

The young were always theoretical; only the middle-aged could realize the deadliness of principles.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

I can't tell what god will do because I'm not God. I can only take you back to biblical principle.

— Paula White

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

— Alfred North Whitehead

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

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

— Agatha Christie

“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

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

— Alan Dershowitz

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

— Erica Jong