Quotes about Principles
Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.
- Thomas Jefferson
Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.
- Confucius
Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained.
- Roger Williams
Good moral character is the first essential in a man.
- George Washington
Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
- Andrew Carnegie
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.
- CS Lewis
The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.
- James A. Garfield
It is necessary for the welfare of the nation that men's lives be based on the principles of the Bible. No man, educated or uneducated, can afford to be ignorant of the Bible.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Miss Mills replied, on general principles, that the Cottage of content was better than the Palace of cold splendour, and that where love was, all was.
- Charles Dickens
Truthfulness is the main element of character.
- Brian Tracy