Principle Quotes

1947 Principle quotes by 1268 unique authors

Blue is the male principle, stern and spiritual. Yellow the female principle, gentle, cheerful and sensual. Red is matter, brutal and heavy and always the… — Franz Marc
One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army. — Jose Marti
Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people interacting in free… — Mary Matalin
The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. — W. Somerset Maugham
The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country. — Jon Meacham
These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without… — Anthony de Mello
In a way then, the Divine Principle, this new revelation, is the documentary of my life. It is my own life experience. The Divine Principle… — Sun Myung Moon
I'm the kind of person that believes there's a part of your voting that has to be purely on principle, and there's a part that… — Michael Moore
In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each other as are performances and… — Viggo Mortensen
I'm a writer. I don't support any war. That's my principle. — Haruki Murakami
As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's dream. Because it… — Haruki Murakami
The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do… — Stan Musial
Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite… — Dee Dee Myers
The cloning procedure is similar to IVF. The only difference is that the DNA of sperm and egg would be replaced by DNA from an… — Nathan Myhrvold
That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses… — Hassan Nasrallah
From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea… — John Henry Newman
A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality. — Andrew O'Hagan
I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our… — Barack Obama
And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that… — Barack Obama
We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes… — Barack Obama
Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it… — Olusegun Obasanjo
You cannot drive a system that's going to be aiming at preventing illness if everyone is not in it. The whole gaming of health insurance… — Mehmet Oz
Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is… — Camille Paglia
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. — Thomas Paine
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire… — Pope John Paul II

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