Quotes about Principles

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.

If a Christian may act in the several relations of life, must he seclude himself for all to become so? Surely the principles as well as the practice of Christianity are simple, and lead not to meditation only but to action.

Human being's moral integrity begins when he is prepared to sacrifice his life for his convictions.

They understood that freedom was not merely the freedom to be left alone; it was the freedom to do what was right.

Most blacks have lost the moral authority to claim the mantle of civil rights because they refuse to stand for what is right.

I've made six films for Disney, and they have a clause in their contracts called the morality clause that I've always refused to sign.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

My father, who educated his children on worldly principles, gave us much money, considering our age; not in order that we might spend it, but, as he said, to accustom us to possess money without spending it. The result was, that it led me and my brother into many sins.

To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching.

Like Jesus, we must make the decision that we will never alter, amend, compromise, dilute, or mitigate truth to make our listeners more comfortable or to gain a following.

If you teach your children nothing else, teach them the Golden Rule and "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey."

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.