Principle Quotes

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There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from… — Alice Hamilton
They say it's the number of people I killed, I say it's the principle. — Aileen Wuornos
The principle of science, the definition, almost, is the following: The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific "truth."… — Richard P. Feynman
The company was actually founded on creating earnings opportunities for women, even before it went into skincare, lipstick, and fragrance. The founding Avon principle, before… — Andrea Jung
Because the Nazi venom worked its way even into our thoughts, every accurate thought was a conquest; because an all-powerful police sought to force us… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Personal participation is the universal principle of knowing. — Michael Polanyi
The Master Mind principle: Two or more people actively engaged in the pursuit of a definite purpose with a positive mental attitude, constitute an unbeatable… — Napoleon Hill
... painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight a battle. It… — Winston Churchill
Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and… — Henry Knox
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have been… — Clarence Thomas
The most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption seems to be that the purpose of… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which… — Lord Chesterfield
Faith is a principle which hath its root deeper than feelings. We believe, whether we see or not. We believe, whether we feel or not. — Charles Spurgeon
We should encourage comrades to take the interests of the whole into account. Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement and every action… — Mao Zedong
The seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of the issue by war, is the central task and the highest form of revolution. This… — Mao Zedong
I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only… — Rene Descartes
Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Practical application is found by not looking for it, and one can say that the whole progress of civilization rests on that principle. — Jacques Hadamard
Thus He whose tender mercies are over all His works hath placed a principle in the human mind, which incites to exercise goodness towards every… — John Woolman
That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in… — William Penn
Look around you. Your world-hosts are all in mutiny, in confusion, destitution; on the eve of fiery wreck and madness! They will not march farther… — Thomas Carlyle
In a Nutshell - Fundamental Techniques In Handling People; Principle 1 - Don't criticize, condemn or complain; Principle 2 - Give honest and sincere appreciation;… — Dale Carnegie
In the English character, the "give and take" policy, the business principle of the trader, is principally inherent. — Swami Vivekananda
One may say that predictions are dangerous particularly for the future. If the danger involved in a prediction is not incurred, no consequence follows and… — Edward Teller
This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on. — Eknath Easwaran

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