Principles Quotes

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The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable of assimilating the most diverse materials and imprinting her own… — Christopher Dawson
As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect, if he values… — Pope Leo XIII
It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity. — Gregory Bateson
In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us… — Stephen Covey
Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences. — Stephen Covey
Our problems and pain are universal and increasing, and the solutions to the problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles… — Stephen Covey
Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way. — Stephen Covey
While values drive behaviors, principles govern consequences. — Stephen Covey
The aim of the Church is to help the people to help themselves. Work is to be re-enthroned as the ruling principle of the lives… — Heber J. Grant
This passion, so unordered and yet so potent, explains the capacity for teaching that one frequently observes in scientific men of high attainments in their… — H. L. Mencken
Here is a spiritual principle: We cannot exercise love unless we are experiencing grace. You cannot truly love others unless you are convinced that God's… — Jerry Bridges
In the law, rights are islands of empowerment. . . . Rights contain images of power, and manipulating those images, either visually or linguistically, is… — Patricia J. Williams
What I have related is sufficient for establishing the main principle, namely, that the heat which disappears in the conversion of water into vapour, is… — Joseph Black
When you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
I never feel to force my doctrine upon any person; I rejoice to see prejudice give way to truth, and the traditions of men dispersed… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of â€œMormonismâ€; [it is designed] to revolutionize and civilize the world, and cause wars and contentions to… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
For millions of Christians, nevertheless, God is no more real than He is to the non-Christian. They go through life trying to love an ideal… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the destruction multiplied… — Edward Gibbon

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