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title: "9 Principles Live Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [“Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately ,experience new things, love and be loved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/cherish-your-friends-stay-true-to-your-principles-live-passionately-4/)

[David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/)

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> [It is easier to fight for principles then to live up to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/higher-grounds/it-is-easier-to-fight-for-principles-then-to-live-up-to-them/)

[Higher Grounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/higher-grounds/)

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> [The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-harrison/the-principles-we-live-by-in-business-and-in-social-life-are-the-most/)

[Harry Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-harrison/)

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> [“It is often easier to fight for one’s principles than it is to live up to them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adlai-e-steveson/it-is-often-easier-to-fight-for-one-s-principles-than-it-is-to-live/)

[Adlai E. Steveson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adlai-e-steveson/)

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> [The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaine-lee-pardoe/the-principles-you-live-by-create-the-world-you-live-in-if-you-change/)

[Blaine Lee Pardoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaine-lee-pardoe/)

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> [“Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately, fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/cherish-your-friends-stay-true-to-your-principles-live-passionately-2/)

[David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/)

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> [Never can a reforming sect survive if it is only reforming; the formative elements alone - the real impulse, that is, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/never-can-a-reforming-sect-survive-if-it-is-only-reforming-the/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [“Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/cherish-your-friends-stay-true-to-your-principles-live-passionately/)

[David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/david-nicholls-873_friendship_cherish-your-friends-stay-true-to-your-p_473321.png)

> [“a few of the principles by which I live: A good gag is worth any amount of time, money and effort; never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/a-few-of-the-principles-by-which-i-live-a-good-gag-is-worth-any/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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