Principle Quotes

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Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make a slave of… — Abraham Lincoln
Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party. — Mao Zedong
To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the very principle and incentive of virtue; but… — Philip Sidney
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions — David Hume
Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, that something… — Napoleon Hill
The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and… — Leo Kottke
In Randori we teach the pupil to act on the fundamental principles of Judo, no matter how physically inferior his opponent may seem to him,… — Kano Jigoro
Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling… — Laozi
Honesty is a principle. Service is a principle. Love is a principle. Hard work is a principle. Respect, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity, loyalty, and responsibility… — Sean Covey
There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount… — George S. Patton
The union miner cannot agree to the acceptance of a wage principle which will permit his annual earnings and his living standards to be determined… — John L. Lewis
Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life and that to destroy, harm,… — Albert Schweitzer
No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The first principle of self-love is that you are not for sale. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Faith-not a faith in one's self or in one's own powers but faith in principle; in the Something Great which upholds right, and which may… — Wallace D. Wattles
Look round this universe. What an immense profusion of beings, animated and organized, sensible and active! You admire this prodigious variety and fecundity. But inspect… — David Hume
Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as it expresses absolute… — Thomas Huxley
Principles do not mainly influence even the principled; we talk on principle, but we act on interest. — Walter Savage Landor
In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man. — Henry Adams
Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects… — Abraham Lincoln
That diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution rages amoung some and to their eternal Infamy the Clergy can furnish their Quota of Imps for such… — James Madison
Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit. — Woodrow Wilson
There is not one single social or economic principle or concept in the philosophy of the Russian Bolshevik which has not been realized, carried into… — Winston Churchill
Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice. — Woodrow Wilson
Soul-the spiritual principle, the creative spark of God-cannot work if you panic. Anxiety shuts down the creative centers. When you can't think, whatever you try… — Harold Klemp

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