Principles Quotes

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To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to have some kind of guiding principle. A belief of some kind — Judith Guest
I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it. — Erica Jong
Stories hold power because they convey the illusion that life has purpose and direction. Where God is absent from the lives of all but the… — John Hodgman
Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act… — Stephen Covey
Ethics are so annoying. I avoid them on principle. — Darby Conley
But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master--something that at times strangely wills… — Charlotte Bronte
Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things… — Abraham Lincoln
Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my… — Anne Frank
Here's an example: someone says, "Master, please hand me the knife," and he hands them the knife, blade first. "Please give me the other end,"… — Alan Watts
The phenomenon of war is its hermaphroditism: the principles of victory and of defeat inhabit the same body and the necessary opponent, enemy, is merely… — William Faulkner
I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under… — Thomas Jefferson
There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats Grape-Nuts on principle. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. — Mark Twain
No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated.… — Richard P. Feynman
A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his ideals. But with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most important qualities of… — Ezra Taft Benson
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi
not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the common sense of… — Thomas Jefferson
And behind it lies not blind chance but a principle that works to help us understand, a thousand "coincidences" and friends come to show us… — Richard Bach
The remedy for most marital stress is not in divorce. It is in repentance and forgiveness, in sincere expressions of charity and service. It is… — Gordon B. Hinckley

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