His Principles Quotes

29 quotes by 24 authors

He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England… — Oscar Wilde
But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish religion, before his principles were departed from by those who… — Thomas Jefferson
An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands that we should… — Mahatma Gandhi
Every answer he [President John Adams] gives to his addressers unmasks more and more his principles and views. His language to the young men at… — James Madison
Who stands firm? Only the one for whom the final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, his virtue, but who… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Christian must stand fixed to his principles, and not change his habit; but freely show what countryman he is by his holy constancy in… — William Gurnall
That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar. — Robert Harris
He who governs himself according to what he calls his principles may be punished either by one party or the other for those very principles.… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
I like Arsene for his principles but principles are sort of a restriction and restrictions are always lost possibilities. — Alisher Usmanov
We will never obtain God's kind of marriage simply by going along with the crowd, doing what everybody else does. We have to dig deep… — Myles Munroe
Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them. — Vincent de Paul
He who is as faithful to his principles as he is to himself is the true partisan. — William Hazlitt
The philosophical conservative is someone willing to pay the price of other people s suffering for his principles. — E L Doctorow
I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom.… — George Papandreou
Romney, supposedly the Republican most electable next November, is a recidivist reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less electable; he might damage… — George Will
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department. — A J Liebling
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto… — Thomas Paine
A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his ideals. But with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
He knew when to compromise. Yet he never compromised his principles. He was a militant. Yet a militant who knew how to plan, assess concrete… — Nelson Mandela

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