Principle Quotes

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The fundamental principle of Christianity is to be what God is, and he is light. — John Hagee
We follow ideas and not men, and rebel against this habit of embodying a principle in a man. — Errico Malatesta
Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of… — Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God’s approval. Courage… — Thomas S. Monson
I think [forgiveness] may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed. There is so much of meanness and abuse, of intolerance… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Faith is such a principle of power. God works by power, but this power is usually exercised in response to our faith. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
An important re-engineering principle is that companies should focus on their core competence and outsource everything else. — Bill Gates
I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I… — Gordon Brown
The desire for a nonviolent and cooperative world is the healthiest of all psychological manifestations. This is the overarching principle of liberation and revolution. Undoubtedly,… — Ward Churchill
In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance. — Phillis Wheatley
But when it has been shown by the researches of Pasteur that the septic property of the atmosphere depended not on the oxygen, or any… — Joseph Lister
We stand on no high moral plateau in our time. We are, in fact, plumbing depths of depravity unknown to our ancestors--and whatever may have… — Alan Keyes
We know nothing of the principle of health, the positive of which pathology is the negative, except from observation and experience. And nothing but observation… — Florence Nightingale
When man faces man the one attempts to put the other to sleep and the other continuously wants to maintain his uprightness. But this is,… — Rudolf Steiner
Radioimmunoassay (RIA) is simple in principle. — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
The law of the fast benefits both those who fast and those who stand in need. . . . In addition to providing the means… — Victor L. Brown
An Englishman does everything on principle: he fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles. — George Bernard Shaw
Measure her rights and duties by the unerring standard of moral being… and then the truth will be self-evident, that whatever it is morally right… — Angelina Grimke
Even matter called inorganic, believed to be dead, responds to irritants and gives unmistakable evidence of a living principle within. Everything that exists, organic or… — Nikola Tesla
The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable of assimilating the most diverse materials and imprinting her own… — Christopher Dawson
As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect, if he values… — Pope Leo XIII
It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity. — Gregory Bateson
The aim of the Church is to help the people to help themselves. Work is to be re-enthroned as the ruling principle of the lives… — Heber J. Grant
Here is a spiritual principle: We cannot exercise love unless we are experiencing grace. You cannot truly love others unless you are convinced that God's… — Jerry Bridges
In the law, rights are islands of empowerment. . . . Rights contain images of power, and manipulating those images, either visually or linguistically, is… — Patricia J. Williams

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