Principle Quotes

1947 Principle quotes by 1268 unique authors

I think it is a duty I owe to my profession and to my sex to show that a woman has a right to the… — Unknown Author
"When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response. I am not speaking of that force which is just… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his… — Alexander Hamilton
God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He… — Giacomo Casanova
The Science of Mind is intensely practical because it teaches us how to use the Mind Principle for definite purposes, such as helping those who… — Ernest Holmes
Mind exists as a Principle in the universe, just as electricity exists as a principle. — Ernest Holmes
A person who has truly realized the principle of nonviolence has the God given strength for his weapon, and the world has not yet known… — Mahatma Gandhi
All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes down ultimately to… — Ayn Rand
The principle of laissez-faire may be safely trusted to in some things but in many more it is wholly inapplicable; and to appeal to it… — John Ramsay McCulloch
I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching. — Roger Nash Baldwin
The dual substance of Christ- the yearning, so human, so superhuman, of man to attain God... has always been a deep inscrutable mystery to me.… — Nikos Kazantzakis
I understood the importance in principle of public key cryptography but it's all moved much faster than I expected. I did not expect it to… — Whitfield Diffie
Believe it in your heart; say it with your mouth. That is the principle of faith. You can have what you say. — Kenneth E. Hagin
Rincewind shivered. He was not, of course, an atheist; on the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists. On the few occasions when he had… — Terry Pratchett
If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on… — William Wilberforce
Veganism is the application of the principle of abolition in your own life; it represents your recognition that animals are not things. Veganism is the… — Gary L. Francione
I have never lived on principles. When I have had to act, I never first asked myself on what principles I was going to act,… — Otto von Bismarck
The first recorded instruction given to Adam after the Fall dealt with the eternal principle of work. The Lord said: "In the sweat of thy… — Howard W. Hunter
Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing. — George Bernard Shaw
We are here on earth to work-to work long, hard, arduous hours, to work until our backs ache and our tired muscles knot, to work… — Bruce R. McConkie
Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favour of war, pestilence and famine as permanent features of… — Bertrand Russell
First, it is necessary to study the facts, to multiply the number of observations, and then later to search for formulas that connect them so… — Augustin-Louis Cauchy
When our focus is toward a principle of relatedness and oneness, and away from fragmentation and isolation, health ensues — Larry Dossey
The healing principle is within man himself. Man's power to heal himself, or extend his healing power to others, is measured by his awareness of… — Walter Russell
...The entire preoccupation of the physicist is with things that contain within themselves a principle of movement and rest. — Aristotle

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