Character Quote by Anonymous

What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow.

— Anonymous

All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.

— Anonymous

Court-virtues bear, like gems, the highest rate, Born where Heav'n influence scarce can penetrate. In life's low vale, the soil the virtues like, They…

— Alexander Pope

“The notion of marriage as a union between two sovereign selves affirms virtues like independence, initiative, and self-reliance. Yet while attending to the virtues…

— Barbara Dafoe Whitehead

Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny.

— Nancy Gibbs

Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes, with a strong memory or fire and brimstone.

— Douglas William Jerrold

My work is never perfect. It always can be better but I just believe that we need to achieve a really high level of…

— Brian Bird

Here is a good principle: If need be, give up your principles!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Take the case of just actions; just punishments and chastisements do indeed spring from a good principle, but they are good only because we…

— Aristotle

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

— Pythagoras

A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.

— John Milton

There is only one principle, and this is Good. There is no principle of evil. If there were a principle of evil, evil would…

— Henry Thomas Hamblin