Principle Quotes

1947 Principle quotes by 1268 unique authors

I started out in a kid’s backyard playing touch football and I never abandoned the principle when I got to the pros: if they can’t… — Mercury Morris
How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through… — Nelson Mandela
Democratism and its allied herd movements, while remaining loyal to the principle of equality and identity, will never hesitate to sacrifice liberty. — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Let it be ours to be self-reliant amidst hosts of the vacillating — real in a generation of triflers — true amongst a multitude of… — William Morley Punshon
The great presidents never forget the principle of the republic and seek to preserve and enhance them – in the long run– without undermining the… — George Friedman
The cloven-foot of self-interest was now and then to be seen aneath the robe of public principle. — John Galt
Filial Piety is the principle of Heaven, The righteousness of Earth, And the (proper) conduct of the people. — Zengzi
That every will must consider every other will its equal would be a principle hostile to life, an agent of the dissolution and destruction of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Action from principle, the perception and the performance of right, changes things and relations; it is essentially revolutionary, and does not consist wholly with anything… — Henry David Thoreau
It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle. — Marcus Aurelius
Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous with thee. — Marcus Aurelius
The whole contains nothing which is not or its advantage; and all natures indeed have this common principle, but the nature of the universe has… — Marcus Aurelius
The only principle I can see in this life, is that one must forfeit the less for the greater. — D. H. Lawrence
I mean, the more a man was in the Devil's power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man… — C.S. Lewis
Poetry is simply literature reduced to the essence of its active principle. It is purged of idols of every kind, of realistic illusions, of any… — Paul Valery
The very object of an art, the principle of its artifice, is precisely to impart the impression of an ideal state in which the man… — Paul Valery
I think that the principle of the Conservative Party is jealousy of liberty and of the people , only qualified by fear ; but I… — William E. Gladstone
Few things in life can be so appalling as the difference between a dry antiseptic statement of a principle by a well spoken man in… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about… — Richard P. Feynman
Close reading of tough-minded writing is still the best, cheapest, and quickest method known for learning to think for yourself... Reading, and rigorous discussion of… — John Taylor Gatto
The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on… — Bill Vaughan
I mean that it is more natural for me to be wicked than virtuous, when I do a bad act, and I've done many, I… — Louisa May Alcott
The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable. It is no doubt a sublimer effort of genius than the Greek style; but then… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The conflict between the principle of liberty and the fact of slavery is coming gradually to an issue. Slavery has now the power, and falls… — John Quincy Adams
There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore… — John Quincy Adams

Who Wrote These Principle Quotes

1,268 authors contributed a total of 1,947 Principle Quotes, led by these top contributors: