Clear Quote by Albert Einstein

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.

— Seneca the Younger

I'm suggesting that principles meant to deal with uncertainty that occurs naturally can be useful to manage the uncertainty that characterizes any new idea.

— Scott D. Anthony

“Principles are better than instructions and “hacks.” We can figure out the specifics later—but only if we learn the right way to approach them.”

— Ryan Holiday

Principles only mean something if you stick by them when they are inconvenient.

— Simi Ngr

If our principles are only our principles when it is convenient for us, when they align with our visceral emotional responses, then they are,…

— Clint Smith

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.

— Henry A. Kissinger

It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than it is to apply them.

— Winston Churchill

Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep,…

— Stephen Covey

Principles have a way of enduring, as do the few irreducible individuals who maintain allegiance to them.

— Christopher Hitchens

Principle is a passion for truth

— William Hazlitt

Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity.

— Stephen Covey

Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer