Principles Quotes · Page 76

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.

— Stephen Covey

A principle is a truth that is established by God that can never be changed.

— Myles Munroe

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

— Tom Stoppard

Let us, then, be what we are; speak what we think; and in all things keep ourselves loyal to truth.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.

— Milton Friedman

You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.

— Jamie Dimon

“She's against it on principle, and life isn't run on principles but by adjustments”

— Margaret Atwood

In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

— Michael Shermer

Reasons always came with a purpose, to give the appearance of a struggle between principle and desire. Principle had power only until…

— Tobias Wolff

As long as human labor power, and, consequently, life itself, remain articles of sale and purchase, of exploitation and robbery, the principle…

— Leon Trotsky

At one point I took a copy of Berkeley's Principles from my father's library. That was the first philosophy book I read.…

— Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

Daren Hardy's The Compound Effect is a culmination of success principles that is relevant to anyone who needs it! As a thought…

— Stedman Graham

I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I have always…

— Davy Crockett

Unconsciously we seek the principles and opinions which are suited to our temperament, so that at last it seems as if these…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

We are committed to a world in which we keep America safe, but we recognize that our power doesn't just flow from…

— Barack Obama

The National Multifamily Housing Council, a trade association of apartment owners, managers, developers and lenders, has come to the defense of the…

— James B. Stewart

There was a time when hip-hop was its own musical principle, aside from sampling. Like the entire Wild Style break is instrumental.…

— Mos Def

I believe that Israel must concede to the Palestinian right of return in principle. Israel must, first of all, assume its responsibility…

— Uri Avnery

The reduced variability of small populations is not always due to accidental gene loss, but sometimes to the fact that the entire…

— Ernst Mayr

The religious stories, the religious truths, the spiritual principles - obviously, they don't change. But as you get older and you experience…

— Marianne Williamson

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be…

— Barack Obama

I don't think polarization is some kind of grand distraction. It's real. People have different commitments, believe in different things and principles,…

— Chris Hayes

Anarchism is no patent solution for all human problems, no Utopia of a perfect social order, as it has often been called,…

— Rudolf Rocker

Sometimes we forge our own principles and sometimes we accept others' principles, or holistic packages of principles, such as religion and legal…

— Ray Dalio

In Lebanon, there was an agreement not to liquidate Yasser Arafat. In principle, I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him.

— Ariel Sharon

A child... never takes time off as a child; time off does not begin until the principles of order have been accepted.

— Heinrich Böll

“To live an effective life, you must understand the essence and secret of life”

— Sunday Adelaja

Governments never do any great good things from mere principle, from mere love of justice ... You expect too much of human…

— Susan B. Anthony

Hitler understood the demagogues' essential principle to teach or persuade is far more difficult than to stir emotion.

— Tim Wu

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

— Stephen Covey

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

— Plato

Never let us confuse what is legal with what is right. Everything Hitler did in Nazi Germany was legal, but it was…

— Marian Wright Edelman

The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.

— Venus Williams

Whether Republican or Democrat, standing for what's right should always trump our regard to whether one's a elephant or donkey.

— Kenneth W Griffin

I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done.

— Madeleine Albright

He [Pope Fransis] insists very clearly that only a union between man and woman, open to new life, by principle, can be…

— Christoph Schonborn

I tend to think that free-market conservative principles are the best ones for the CEO of a state.

— Bruce Rauner

Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing.

— George Bernard Shaw

I believe very firmly in the principle of free agency - people making their own decisions and doing what they think is…

— Mitt Romney

Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your…

— Marilyn vos Savant