Principles Quotes

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I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living,… — Martha Graham
Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right… — Fulton J. Sheen
But your mind is warped by an innate principle of general integrity, and, therefore, not accessible to the cool reasonings of family partiality, or a… — Jane Austen
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should… — Saint Augustine
Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. — John Adams
Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality; new knowledge leads always to yet more awesome mysteries. Greater physiological knowledge of the… — Stephen King
And I am sure that I never read any memorable news in a newspaper. If we read of one man robbed, or murdered, or killed… — Henry David Thoreau
The State which would provide everything, absorbing everything into itself, would ultimately become a mere bureaucracy incapable of guaranteeing the very thing which the suffering… — Pope Benedict XVI
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise… — Charlotte Bronte
A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their… — Thomas Jefferson
There can be no compromise on moral principles. — Ayn Rand
Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men. — Ayn Rand
Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion. — Dalai Lama
Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can… — Ludwig von Mises
In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard. — Theodore Roosevelt
My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that â€œdoesnâ€™t count,â€ i.e., that I do not refer to my own basic… — Ayn Rand
My parents believe in the principle of â€˜sink or swim,â€™ or â€˜what doesnâ€™t kill you makes you stronger â€• or it kills you.â€ From â€œThe… — Daniel Pinkwater
It was one of those cases where you approve the broad, general principle of an idea but can't help being in a bit of a… — P.G. Wodehouse
So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a… — Ayn Rand

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