Quotes about Maxim

In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest

To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if they may some time become our enemies, is not a moral but a political maxim

This is one of the innovator's dilemmas: Blindly following the maxim that good managers should keep close to their customers can sometimes be a fatal mistake.

The answer of Solon on the question, 'Which is the most perfect popular govemment,' has never been exceeded by any man since his time, as containing a maxim of political morality, 'That,' says he, 'where the least injury done to the meanest individual, is considered as an insult on the whole constitution.

In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest.

In politics as in philosophy, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most others, is to be honest and just ourselves and to exact it from others, meddling as little as possible in their affairs where our own are not involved. If this maxim was generally adopted, wars would cease and our swords would soon be converted into reap hooks and our harvests be more peaceful, abundant, and happy.

The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.

Such incidents usually move me to try to find relief in the building of a maxim. It is a good way, because if you have luck you can get the venom out of yourself and into the maxim; then comfort and a healed spirit follow. Maxims are not easy to make; they do not come in right shape at the first call; they are creatures of evolution, of development; you have to try several plans before you get one that suits you, or even comes fairly near to suiting you.

A proverb and a byword among all people.

The maxim, "Nothing prevails but perfection," may be spelled PARALYSIS.

What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.