Ethics Quote by Walter Savage Landor

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.

— Seneca the Younger

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

— Walter Savage Landor

General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is…

— William Hazlitt

Principles only mean something if you stick by them when they are inconvenient.

— Simi Ngr

If our principles are only our principles when it is convenient for us, when they align with our visceral emotional responses, then they are,…

— Clint Smith

A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We…

— Mahatma Gandhi

A principle isn't a principle until it costs you something.

— William Bernbach

Principles don't mean anything until they cost you something.

— Laura Schlessinger

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

— Ray Dalio

Principle is ever my motto, no expediency.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken…

— Red Skelton

Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and…

— Stephen Covey