Quotes about Principles
He didn't care; it was not his skin he wanted to save, but the man of honour and integrity. These things are not open to compromise or negotiation.
— Epictetus
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
— Andrew Carnegie
Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.
— William Wilberforce
Why should women not be a martyr for her cause?
— Ernestine Rose
If somebody else wanted to do a song for McDonald's, that's up to them. I wouldn't do something like that, but whatever.
— Kurt Vile
I would rather be respected than elected.
— Charles Edison
The Four Principles of Biblical Sabbath
— Peter Scazzero
Goodness is both an ethical and an esthetic standard.
— Philip Graham Ryken
When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
— Abraham Kuyper
When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy, with all the fire of your faith.
— Abraham Kuyper
Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form that specific religious consciousness there was developed first a particular theology, then a special church-order, and then a given form for political and social life.
— Abraham Kuyper
The other parties campaign for parliamentary seats, more or less. We campaign for our principles!
— Abraham Kuyper