Principal Quotes

458 quotes by 392 authors

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world. — Ambrose Bierce
And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge. — Richard Branson
You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school. — Eli Broad
Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits. — Edmund Burke
Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going… — William S. Burroughs
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler
Our participation in the single market, and our ability to help set its rules is the principal reason for our membership of the EU. So… — David Cameron
Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. — Thomas Aquinas
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter. — Thomas Aquinas
The Commission endorses prevention as the principal strategy to use in deterring illegal entries. We applaud the efforts of innovative Border Patrol leaders such as… — Barbara Jordan
Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley proportional to its size, and… — John Playfair
Daydreams are doable. The turn-on is not in scale, spectacle, or cost. It's in the doing. Anything you haven't done is an adventure. Wanting to… — Malcolm Forbes
Suave molecules of Mocha stir up your blood, without causing excess heat; the organ of thought receives from it a feeling of sympathy; work becomes… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly but already we… — Francois Laurent d'Arlandes
In golf, as in no other sport, your principal opponent is youself. — Herbert Wind
Suppose you feel you cannot accept some fact about yourself. Then own your refusal to accept. Own the block. Embrace it fully. And watch it… — Nathaniel Branden
The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion of education. It is inconceivable that any nation should achieve prosperity and success unless this paramount,… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product. — Lewis Mumford
The principal value of a garden is not understood. It is not to give the possessors vegetables and fruit (that can be better and cheaper… — Charles Dudley Warner

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