Top 1200 Principle Quotes & Sayings - Page 7

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

All I want to do is get back to a principle-based Congress.

Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.

The principle is so perfectly general that no particular application of it is possible.

Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.

We shouldn't consider smaller countries insignificant. I abide by this principle.

I'd rather be broke and have a whole lot of respect. It's the principle of it.

Money, not morality, constitutes the principle of commercial nations.

Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.

There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.

The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.

With eternal investments there is never a loss of principle or principal.

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith

It's better to be burnished with use than rusty with principle.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Enthusiastic Admiration is the first Principle of Knowledge and its last.

In keeping people straight, principle is not as powerful as a policeman.

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

To have dragons one must have change; that is the first principle of dragon lore.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

I will restore a government based on principle and justice.

We must be sure to be governed by inner principle and not outer pressure.

Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.

A principle is a truth that is established by God that can never be changed.

The distinctive principle of Western social philosophy is individualism.

Political genius consists in identifying oneself with a principle.

I've distilled everything to one simple principle: win or die!

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

Genuine simplicity of heart is a healing and cementing principle.

No one fights with more principle and passion than Michael Gove.

My principle and my faith is what is driving me from the get-go.

The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.

Now, it is a good sanitary principle, that what is curative is preventive.

The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle.

The principle of not negotiating with terrorists is the only thing we can hold on to.

The principle difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.

Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease.

Antagonistic cooperation is the principle of all markets and many marriages.

I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.

Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right.

Here's an example: someone says, "Master, please hand me the knife," and he hands them the knife, blade first. "Please give me the other end," he says. And the master replies, "What would you do with the other end?" This is answering an everyday matter in terms of the metaphysical. When the question is, "Master, what is the fundamental principle of Buddhism?" Then he replies, "There is enough breeze in this fan to keep me cool." That is answering the metaphysical in terms of the everyday, and that is, more or less, the principle zen works on. The mundane and the sacred are one and the same.

It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.

The principle of faith is as firm as the very pillars of heaven.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

Policy and politics generally go contrary to principle.

Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust.

...as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that.

To be "here and now," in principle, is just for once. And then you have to repeat that.

Principle-centered people are constantly educated by their experiences.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

No principle is worth the sacrifice of a single human being.

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

Make it a principle for yourself to no longer accept negativity.

Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters do not have a monopoly on principle.

It's a principle of my philosophy that you have to respect the individual human being.

Faith is the biggest principle that the Bible teaches us.