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Principles Quotes by Confucius
- Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But if you are…
- He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.
- A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and…
- Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of…
- When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the…
- Friendship with the upright, with the truthful and with the well informed is beneficial. Friendship with those who flatter, with those who are meek and…
- To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.
- Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
- There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we…
- Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the…
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- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle. — Marcus Aurelius
- I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. — Jane Austen
- While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they… — Teresa of Avila
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it,… — Charles Babbage
- The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet
- Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. — Honore de Balzac
- The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award. — Javier Bardem
- I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have… — Drew Barrymore
- Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. — John Quincy Adams
- The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the… — John Quincy Adams