Principles Quotes

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A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness. — James C. Collins
The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through… — Charles Dickens
We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore… — Carl Jung
Sorrow, terror, anguish, despair itself are often the chosen expressions of an approximation to the highest good. Our sympathy in tragic fiction depends on this… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
When people attempt to rebel against the iron logic of Nature, they come into conflict with the very same principles to which they owe their… — Adolf Hitler
My principles are only those that, before the French Revolution, every well-born person considered sane and normal. — Julius Evola
The agnostic, the skeptic, is neurotic, but this does not imply a false philosophy; it implies the discovery of facts to which he does not… — Alan Watts
Economists often talk about the 80/20 Principle, which is the idea that in any situation roughly 80 percent of the â€œworkâ€ will be done by… — Malcolm Gladwell
If I lived by some code, my actions would become predictable. The enemy would take advantage of this and Iâ€™d be killed. An honorable death… — Frank Beddor
Whenever you feel â€˜shortâ€™ or in â€˜needâ€™ of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for… — Robert Kiyosaki
When you are in love' hypocrisy won over principle. — Lisa Kleypas
We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining oneâ€™s balance in spite of them. Even with… — Carl von Clausewitz
Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel. — Stephen Covey
I took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. I assumed that… — Elisabeth Elliot
A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Good. If you checked your e-mail every five minutes, or keep texting and Tweeting in the middle of our conversation, I might snap your neck… — Jeaniene Frost
Things happen when people are not where they belong, and the world moves forward and back by that principle. — Richard Ford
No one must ever let power or social, economic, or political interest turn him or her away from other human beings, from the attention they… — Tariq Ramadan
Principles are what people have instead of God. To be a Christian means among other things to be willing if necessary to sacrifice even your… — Frederick Buechner
Mother, recently I have discovered the one way in which human beings differ completely from other animals. Man has, I know, language, knowledge, principles, and… — Osamu Dazai

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