Principles Quotes

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"Because there has been no one to stop me" has been one of the principles of my life. — Joyce Carol Oates
The first recorded instruction given to Adam after the Fall dealt with the eternal principle of work. The Lord said: "In the sweat of thy… — Howard W. Hunter
Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing. — George Bernard Shaw
How did they manage to raise their children in righteousness? The principles become part of their lives, and when it becomes part of their life,… — David B. Haight
We are here on earth to work-to work long, hard, arduous hours, to work until our backs ache and our tired muscles knot, to work… — Bruce R. McConkie
Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favour of war, pestilence and famine as permanent features of… — Bertrand Russell
First, it is necessary to study the facts, to multiply the number of observations, and then later to search for formulas that connect them so… — Augustin-Louis Cauchy
It is my firm belief that all successful languages are grown and not merely designed from first principles — Bjarne Stroustrup
When our focus is toward a principle of relatedness and oneness, and away from fragmentation and isolation, health ensues — Larry Dossey
In the course of the history of natural science, it always happens that profound or true thoughts or true facts were always either distorted or… — Wilhelm Reich
The healing principle is within man himself. Man's power to heal himself, or extend his healing power to others, is measured by his awareness of… — Walter Russell
It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this knowledge that we… — Aristotle
...The entire preoccupation of the physicist is with things that contain within themselves a principle of movement and rest. — Aristotle
... There must then be a principle of such a kind that its substance is activity. — Aristotle
Demonstration is also something necessary, because a demonstration cannot go otherwise than it does, ... And the cause of this lies with the primary premises/principles. — Aristotle
We find in the course of nature that though the effects be many, the principles from which they arise are commonly few and simple, and… — David Hume
Natural science physics contains in itself synthetical judgments a priori, as principles. ... Space then is a necessary representation a priori, which serves for the… — Immanuel Kant
But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the world must be… — Lee Smolin
But, surprise - none of these blockbuster events made the slightest dent in Ben Graham's investment principles. Nor did they render unsound the negotiated purchases… — Warren Buffett
...it is not only the general principles of justice that are infringed, or at least set aside, by the exclusion of women, merely as women,… — John Stuart Mill
What passes for education, culture or maturity in most minds is merely how individuals want to think of themselves, a contrived egocentric self-concept, not actual… — Kenny Smith
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness. — Laozi
There always has been a mystique and a romance about aviation, but in terms of the principles involved of satisfying your customer there's no difference… — Unknown Author
The origin of agriculture involved both human intentionality and a set of underlying ecological and evolutionary principles. — Kent V. Flannery
We love your adherence to democratic principles. — William F. Buckley, Jr.

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