Principles Quotes · Page 50

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

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

— Henry Fielding

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

— Justin Sane

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

— Fabiola Gianotti

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

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

— Liam Mellows

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages. Just because the rains descend, and the winds blow, we cannot…

— Henry Ward Beecher

If by sticking to the moral principles you have followed all your life, you jeopardize your happiness and that of others, throw…

— Epifanio de los Santos

The principles of pleasure are not firm and stable. They are different in all mankind, and variable in every particular with such…

— Blaise Pascal

We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply…

— Michael Steele

I've been around in public life for a long time. I think people know what I stand for. They know that I…

— Malcolm Turnbull

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... It is the picture you have of yourself - the kind of person you…

— Ken Blanchard

My father, who educated his children on worldly principles, gave us much money, considering our age; not in order that we might…

— George Muller

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise,…

— Andrew Carnegie

All women should inform themselves of the condition of their sex and of their own position. It must necessarily follow that the…

— Harriet Martineau

The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you…

— Bill Bradley

We now possess four principles of morality: 1) a philosophical: do good for its own sake, out of respect for the law;…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

It is equally clear that a government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a…

— Calvin Coolidge

Through the discovery of Buchner, Biology was relieved of another fragment of mysticism. The splitting up of sugar into CO2 and alcohol…

— Jacques Loeb

Natural selection is just three factors - over-production, variation, and inheritance combined to produce adaptation to changing local environments. It's not a…

— Stephen Jay Gould

True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those…

— Anonymous

Only common mortals like the Somervilles have good old rotten hates, dear,' said her mother. 'Sir Graham manages to love everybody and…

— Dorothy Dunnett

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

— Ray Dalio

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

— Stephen Covey

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

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

— Gustave de Molinari

“The only way to practicalize your love for God is by helping and loving others”

— Sunday Adelaja

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

— Anonymous

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

— Daniel Webster

It's the picnic principle. Things taste better outdoors. And if it's a forbidden thing, so much the better.

— Franny Billingsley

When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.

— Stephen Covey

The Internet is like a town that leaves its streets unmarked on the principle that people who don't already know don't belong

— James Gleick

Of all the principles which constitute Liberal Democracy, internationalism is the clearest, the most distinctive, and the one with the longest history.

— Charles Kennedy

Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in the heart, and that which will certainly…

— Jeremiah Burroughs

Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules.

— Dallin H. Oaks

Sometimes we're actually right when we go with our gut and stand on principle in supporting underdog candidates.

— Sarah Palin

Act so that the maxim of your act could be made the principle of a universal law.

— Immanuel Kant

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

— Thomas S. Monson