Principles Quotes

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I have given no definition of love. This is impossible, because there is no higher principle by which it could be defined. It is life… — Paul Tillich
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these… — Cory Doctorow
It is the bad people who need to have principles to restrain them. — T.H. White
There are ultimately only two possible adjustments to life; one is to suit our lives to principles; the other is to suit principles to our… — Fulton J. Sheen
The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control. You can lose your health to illness or… — Neil Armstrong
Circumstances should never alter principles! — Oscar Wilde
We live in the richest country in the world. There's plenty and to spare for no man, woman, or child to be in want. And… — Carson McCullers
God who gave Animals self motion beyond our understanding is without doubt able to implant other principles of motion in bodies [which] we may understand… — Isaac Newton
Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances. — Orison Swett Marden
When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles — Frank Herbert
I perceive value, I confer value, I create value, I even create â€” or guarantee â€” existence. Hence, my compulsion to make â€œlists.â€ The things… — Susan Sontag
Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form that specific religious… — Abraham Kuyper
The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak. — Robert A. Heinlein
[A]lthough the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing. — Barack Obama
Listen to me: Life is not about principles; it`s about happiness.` `But if you don`t have any principles, and if you don`t have faith, you… — Orhan Pamuk
How about this?" I said, because now it was the principle of the thing. "I'm sorry, jackass. — Rosemary Clement-Moore
He had preserved the best part of her and made it his own: the principle of her scent. — Patrick SÃ¼skind
It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men. — Bruce Lee
Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone… — Athol Fugard
Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved." Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love." Immature love says:… — Erich Fromm

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