Principle Quotes
People can do bad things with free speech as well as good. You have to defend the Ku Klux Klan as well as Martin Luther King. It’s like that. If you’re going to defend the principle, then you have to defend people who use the principle badly.
Salman RushdieSalman Rushdie He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
AesopAesop A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.
Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.
Adam SmithAdam Smith Right now, I’m following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.
Aishwarya RaiAishwarya Rai The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamA. P. J. Abdul Kalam I live my life based on 2 principles. One, I live as if today was my last day on earth. Two, I live today as if I am going to live forever.
OshoOsho It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.’ ‘A melancholy conclusion,’ said K. ‘It turns lying into a universal principle.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Physical beauty is the sign of an interior beauty, a spiritual and moral beauty which is the basis, the principle, and the unity of the beautiful.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.
Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln There’s no doubt in my mind that Ronald Reagan was by far the greatest. Because he had real principles and he stuck by them. He made clear what he was going to do, and he did it. He didn’t back down.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman I have one underlying principle in mind: the principle of Muslim democracy. It is my belief that our salvation lies in following the golden rules of conduct set for us by our great lawgiver, the Prophet of Islam.
Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah