Principles Quotes
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And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.
Morris West -
The principles applied in economic processes are general social principles.
Thomas Sowell
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The principle difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.
Lois McMaster -
Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty.
Edmund Pendleton -
Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and we with our beetle eyes can only see three inches, it takes some confidence in general principles to pull us through.
Arthur Conan Doyle -
Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.
Seneca the Younger -
Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!
Stephen Covey -
In principle as a philosophy, a model of organising society, Communism has to be respected. As regards the use of certain methods to advance social justice and greater regulation by the state, there are certain methods that are useful. What we need is a new society, a new civilization and convergence of all that is best in both [Communism and Capitalism]
Mikhail Gorbachev
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While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.
Stephen Covey -
We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity.
Ezra Taft Benson -
A man must not only stand for the right principles, but he must also fight for them. Those who fight for principle can be proud of the friends they've gained and the enemies they've earned.
Ezra Taft Benson -
There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
Stephen Covey -
Properly measured, the average actively managed dollar must underperform the average passively managed dollar, net of costs. Empirical analyses that appear to refute this principle are guilty of improper measurement.
William Forsyth Sharpe -
Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental truths, classic truths.
Stephen Covey
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In America, we have long stood by the principle that the protections of the law are not meant just for some.
Carolyn Maloney -
I'm trying to encourage my children's generation and the other ones coming to return to basic American principles.
Stewart Udall -
The thing that is so powerful about the psychedelics is that they perform on demand, which almost in principle you cannot expect of a mystical experience because that would be essentially man ordering God at man's whim, which is not how it's supposed to work.
Terence McKenna -
I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.
John Calvin -
I hope my kids understand that they're not operating in a normal world. And yet there are principles they have to adhere to that are normal - like decency, choosing between right and wrong, and honesty. That's important stuff, whether you're flying first-class or not.
Tom Hanks -
Principles are the basis for developing a vision and value system for all.
Stephen Covey
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You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.
Stephen Covey -
Why should we believe in God? — We hate Christianity and Christians. Even the best of them must be regarded as our worst enemies. They preach love of one's neighbor, and pity, which is contrary to our principles. Christian love is a hinderance to the revolution. Down with love of one's neighbor; what we want is hatred.
Gerald Burton Winrod -
The data stream has been corrupted, return to first principles.
Terence McKenna -
I just don't identify myself with a place. I just don't get it. Like, why am I cheering for this town? Towns are good and bad but they don't have principles, constitutions. You wouldn't go to war for your town.
Steve Martin