Principle Quotes
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
PythagorasPythagoras Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace.
Wayne DyerWayne Dyer Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.
I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.
Linus PaulingLinus Pauling My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. Roosevelt Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen Place principle above all else.
Haile SelassieHaile Selassie You mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela In a crystal we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being
What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God’s knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect.
MaimonidesMaimonides I have loved the principle of beauty in all things.
John KeatsJohn Keats