Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know… — Jim Elliot Copy Share Image
If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I discovered the foundations of Ayurveda and Siddha, and more importantly I found that all of Western control systems engineering principles had… — Shiva Ayyadurai Copy Share Image
... on principle, it is quite wrong to try founding a theory on observable magnitudes alone. In reality the very opposite happens.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Those who believe that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Those who think religion has nothing to do with politics understand neither religion or politics... The things that will destroy us are:… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson, the leading Enlightenment figure in the United States, along with Benjamin Franklin, who took exactly the same view, argued that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Love is basic for the very survival of mankind. I'm convinced that love is the only absolute ultimately; love is the highest… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nationality is not a universal human principle but an historical, local fact...Every nation, even a small one, has its own character, its… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Some of our newspapers and magazines are more concerned with the welfare of their advertisers than they are with the dissemination of… — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If we only arrange our life in accordance with the principle which tells us that we must always trust in the difficult,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
If you organize your family life to spend even ten or fifteen minutes a morning reading something that connects you with these… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In America, I think we just keep adding, and that's our problem. We almost never subtract. We keep adding these boondoggles, and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract, be they facts or be they principles, under penalty of… — William James Copy Share Image
I am greatly pleased with the public, authentic isolation in which we two, you and I, now find ourselves. It is wholly… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I might spar with him, or I might teach him a few tricks, but even if there was $1 billion or £1m… — Naseem Hamed Copy Share Image
I am far more a fan of aggressive entrepreneurs than I am of major CEOs. You look at major CEOs, and they… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Poetry is simply literature reduced to the essence of its active principle. It is purged of idols of every kind, of realistic… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
There are certainly beliefs in traditional Buddhism that conflict with basic principles of scientific understanding, .. We can't make sense of those… — Richard Davidson Copy Share Image
Moral stupidity comes in two different forms: relativism and legalism. Relativism sees no principles, only people; legalism sees no people, only principles. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The young people have a phrase for this now, which is "slay in your lane." That's a very important principle of writing.… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
On the principle laid down by Gilbert and Sullivan that when everybody is somebody, nobody is anybody; if everybody is abnormal, we… — Robert M. Hutchins Copy Share Image
Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it. Advanced… — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking,… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
For one thing, Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art… — Kano Jigoro Copy Share Image
Yoga is so universal in its principles and so holistically beneficial, it is possible for any person, young or old, religious or… — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
The person is only a phenomenon, the principle is behind it. Thus from both sides, simultaneously, we find the breaking down of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Happiness is a thing honored and perfect. This seems to be borne out by the fact that it is a first principle… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There must ... be in our very nature a very radical and widespread tendency to observe beauty, and to value it. No… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
History comes and history goes, but principles endure, and ensure future generations will defend liberty not as a gift from government but… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The world also remains a hopeful place. Calls for democracy and human rights are being reborn everywhere, and these calls are an… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I discovered that success has very little to do with education or race or disposition; it has more to do with principles… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Our politicians have sacrificed their principles on the altar of special interests; our corporate leaders have sacrificed their integrity on the altar… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Philips is committed to the circular economy and is applying its principles throughout the organization. We are redesigning our products and looking… — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by a mysterious force called the life-principle. To the materialist, the only… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
I mean, the more a man was in the Devil's power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
