Principles Quotes · Page 71

In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.

— Carl Linnaeus

A person is said to have good character when their habits, dispositions and conduct reflect a deep commitment to ethical virtues and…

— Michael Josephson

What the media is doing is, again, just going after the Democrats and the Republicans and making it about politics instead of…

— Glenn Beck

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is a universal principle that you get more of what you think about, talk about, and feel strongly about.

— Jack Canfield

Corporate principles and military principles are basically the same. Insulation. Illusion. Hype. Activity.

— Tarun J. Tejpal

Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering.

— Steve McConnell

Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission.

— Thomas Jefferson

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as…

— William Gilmore Simms

I think the guiding principle for me is working with people, because I don't know how long it's going to last, I…

— Tony Scott

So, my brother and I, over the last two years, went back through Scripture and pulled every (passage) we could in relation…

— Alex Kendrick

You must accept that you can change and that a pattern of principles adhered to and used repeatedly will not only direct…

— Peter J. Daniels

Each period of a civilisation creates an art that is specific in it and which we will never see reborn. To try…

— Wassily Kandinsky

This election presents a stark choice - we can continue down the road of the Obama Democrats, more and more spending, debt…

— Ted Cruz

Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right…

— Thomas Frank

He who governs himself according to what he calls his principles may be punished either by one party or the other for…

— J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

Our goals should stretch us bit by bit. So often when we think we have encountered a ceiling, it is really a…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Since opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought over principle will be wars of mutual annihilation. But wars fought for simple…

— Alan Watts

Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Today it's fashionable to talk about the New Economy, or the Information Economy, or the Knowledge Economy. But when I think about…

— Arthur Levitt Jr

If we as a society want to cure unemployment, raise real wages, and in other ways improve our economy, we will base…

— Walter Block

Ultimately, I don't know if love is an organizing principle we choose or if it's innate. I'm not sure the distinction matters…

— C.E. Morgan

The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from…

— Ban Ki-moon

One of the market's virtues, and the reason it enables so much peaceful interaction and cooperation among such a great variety of…

— Thomas Woods

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

— Henry Fielding

“The best education is self-discipline with good principles through human university.”

— Uzoma Nnadi

The more clearly a principle is understood by the intellect, the more inexcusable is the neglect to put it into practice.

— Allan Kardec

Past violence is detrimental to our present action, and it is not in the name of principles that we denounce it, but…

— Pierre Bourgault

It has been always held for a special principle in friendship that prosperity provideth but adversity proveth friends.

— Elizabeth I

The republic stands for truth and honour. For all that is noblest in our race. By truth and honour, principle and sacrifice…

— Liam Mellows

To be a fully functioning moral agent, one cannot passively accept moral principles handed down by fiat. Moral principles require moral reasoning.

— Michael Shermer

I like Arsene for his principles but principles are sort of a restriction and restrictions are always lost possibilities.

— Alisher Usmanov

Like in nature, I like things which are based on a few simple principles, even though their manifestation can be very rich.

— Fabiola Gianotti

I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.

— Justin Sane

Either this is logical and true, or else the principles on which economic science is based are invalid.

— Gustave de Molinari

I don't like to hurt people's feelings, and I don't like to knock other writers as a matter of principle.

— Lydia Davis

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

— Stephen Covey

“Principles are like laws—you can’t break one simply because you and someone else agree to break it.”

— Ray Dalio

If we abide by the principles taught by the Bible, our country will go on prospering.

— Daniel Webster

Principles are important in life, but when they begin to boost ones ego, then they turn into a burden for relationships.

— Anonymous