Quotes about Principles
The rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
Everything in life is built on principles - plants, seas, birds, all of the natural elements of nature, they all follow and obey certain basic fundamental principles.
— Myles Munroe
Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error.
— Frank Herbert
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.
— George Washington
Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
— Dag Hammarskjold
Philosophy is the sum total of all that you know and what you decide is valuable.
— Jim Rohn
Only that which is directed toward definite goals, which in turn are founded on sound educational philosophy, can be ultimately meaningful. The principles must always precede the activities.
— Henrietta Mears
The only sacred cow is an organisation should be its basic philosophy of doing business.
— Thomas Watson, Jr.
Never judge a philosophy by its abuse.
— St. Augustine
We have never stopped sin by passing laws; and in the same way, we are not going to take a great moral ideal and achieve it merely by law.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Has anyone stopped to consider that we might come closer to balancing the budget if all of us simply tried to live up to the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule?
— Ronald Reagan
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
— Benjamin Disraeli