Principles Quotes

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There are two principles on which all men of intellectual integrity and good will can agree, as a 'basic minimum,' as a precondition of any… — Ayn Rand
We too often satisfy ourselves with the perishable things of time, forgetting the opportunities we have of developing within us the great, the eternal principles… — Lorenzo Snow
The great presidents never forget the principle of the republic and seek to preserve and enhance them â€“ in the long runâ€“ without undermining the… — George Friedman
When the old way of seeing was displaced, a hollowness came into architecture. Our buildings show a constant effort to fill that void, to recapture… — Jonathan Hale
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
These airplanes we have today are no more than a perfection of a toy made of paper children use to play with. My opinion is… — Henri Coanda
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
Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it had its dangers,… — Charles de Lint
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
If the colleges were better, if they ... had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts which become talents,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
[T]he direction of society has been taken over by a type of man who is not interested in the principles of civilisation. Not of this… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
We must now establish the basic principles, the basic values and beliefs which hold us together as Canadians so that beyond our regional loyalties there… — Pierre Trudeau
A man's behaviour may be quite harmless and even beneficial, when he ismorally behaving like a scoundrel. And he may do great harm when he… — George Bernard Shaw
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

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