Quotes about Principle

30 quotes about Principle

You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today,...

Quote by Papa John Paul II about principle

Truth is in principle the best solution against the calomny.

Truth is in principle the best solution against the calomny.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln about principle

All that I desire to point out is the general principle...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about principle

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

Quote by Charles Babbage about principle

CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle at stake here. The principle is that Dan Rather doesn't work for the police, and that people that speak to Dan Rather understand that he's a journalist and not...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about principle

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as freedom of speech is that the courts articulate and set forth in a very protective way what those...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about principle

The principle though remains the same, and the important...

The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about principle

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear on that, I think CBS and Mary Mapes and Dan Rather and all of us had a very good chance of winning. So this is an ongoing battle about...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about principle

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.

Quote by Scott Adams about principle

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.

Quote by Scott Adams about principle

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion....

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about principle

The universal order and the personal order are nothing...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about principle

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without...

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Quote by Albert Camus about principle

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, ...

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Quote by Jane Austen about principle

The one great principle of English law is to make...

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

Quote by Charles Dickens about principle

The democratic principle of the country is rushing to recognise Croatia before they've even resolved any problems there. We should sort it out at home first.

Quote by Sean Connery about principle

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue...

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

Quote by William Godwin about principle

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

Quote by Franz Kafka about principle

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be....

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Quote by Thomas Paine about principle

Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation...

Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Quote by Thomas Paine about principle

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