PRINCIPLE QUOTES III

quotations about principles

Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.

IAN FLEMING

Casino Royale

Tags: Ian Fleming


Learn the principles, abide by the principles, and then dissolve the principles.

BRUCE LEE

Bruce Lee: Artist of Life

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I am afraid of the result upon organized action where great results are in view, if any of us allow ourselves to seek out minor or separate points, on which there may be difference of views as to policy and right, and let them keep us from uniting in action upon a great principle in a cause on which we all agree.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

speech in Chicago, March 1, 1859

Tags: Abraham Lincoln


Many frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.

NORMAN MACDONALD

Maxims and Moral Reflections

Tags: Norman MacDonald


Establish unto thyself principles of action, and see that thou ever act according to them.

ROBERT DODSLEY

The Economy of Human Life


Just principles conceive just notions and perform good actions in consequence of them.

HUGH BLAIR

attributed, Day's Collacon


Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

MARK TWAIN

Following the Equator

Tags: Mark Twain


Principles do not much influence the unprincipled, nor mainly the principled.

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen

Tags: Walter Savage Landor


Ez to my princerples, I glory
In hevin' nothin' o' the sort.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

The Biglow Papers

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We speak of being anchored to our principles. But if the weather turns nasty you up with an anchor and let it down where there's less wind, and the fishing's better.

ROBERT BOLT

A Man for All Seasons


We talk on principle, but we act on interest.

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen

Tags: Walter Savage Landor


Principles early sown in the mind, are the seeds which produce fruit and harvest in the ripe state of manhood.

GEORGE BERKELEY

"A Discourse Addressed to Magistrates and Men in Authority", Works: Account of His Life and Letters

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Stand by your principles, stand by your guns, and victory, complete and permanent, is sure at the last.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

speech in Chicago, March 1, 1859

Tags: Abraham Lincoln


Don't let your principles sit idle on a plaque. Bring them to life.

CHERYL A. BACHELDER

Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others