Principle Quotes

1947 Principle quotes by 1268 unique authors

What I have related is sufficient for establishing the main principle, namely, that the heat which disappears in the conversion of water into vapour, is… — Joseph Black
When you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
For millions of Christians, nevertheless, God is no more real than He is to the non-Christian. They go through life trying to love an ideal… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the destruction multiplied… — Edward Gibbon
The movement of the emitters of the spectral lines may be deduced on the basis of the Doppler principle. — Johannes Stark
I'm a registered Republican and consider socialism a violation of the American principle that you shouldn't stick your nose in other people's business except to… — P.J. O'Rourke
At the heart of my argument is the view that religious faith, far from being inevitably on the side of the status quo, should on… — E. J. Dionne
Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle. — Benjamin Franklin
Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. — Adrian Cronauer
Our victory is sure to come, and I can endure anything but recreancy to principle. — Lucy Stone
I deny the right of Congress to force a slaveholding State upon an unwilling people. I deny their right to force a free State upon… — Stephen A. Douglas
A war for a great principle ennobles a nation. — Albert Pike
In keeping people straight, principle is not as powerful as a policeman. — Abel Hermant
Man must know the principle of Creation: giving between each interchanging opposite half of each cycle for the purpose of repeating its giving. This is… — Walter Russell
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and… — Stephen Covey
The Principle of Uncertainty fixed once for all the realisation that all knowledge is limited. It is an irony of history that at the very… — Jacob Bronowski
The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is… — Ayn Rand
There can be no such thing as "limited government," because there is no way to control an entity that in principle enjoys a monopoly of… — Joseph Sobran
Should we have a leader or should we think for ourselves? Obviously the latter in principle. But-sometimes there lies a gulf between what is theoretically… — Philip K. Dick
If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and that it is… — John Calvin
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. — Epictetus
There is a principle which is pure, placed in the human mind, which in different places and ages hath had different names. It is, however,… — John Woolman
The Christmas spirit does not shine out in the Christian snob. For the Christmas spirit is the spirit of those who, like their Master, live… — J I Packer
Reasons always came with a purpose, to give the appearance of a struggle between principle and desire. Principle had power only until you found what… — Tobias Wolff
Any perception can connect us to reality, properly and fully. What we see doesn't have to be pretty, particularly; we can appreciate anything that exists.… — Chogyam Trungpa

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