Quotes about Principle
It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.
— Florence Nightingale
First and foremost is what this country was based on: one nation under God.
— Tim Tebow
Lord Henry had not yet come in. He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
— Oscar Wilde
Lord Henry had not come in yet. He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
— Oscar Wilde
He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
— Oscar Wilde
William James said, "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated." He didn't speak, mind you, of the "wish" or the "desire" or the "longing" to be appreciated. He said the "craving" to be appreciated.
— Dale Carnegie
Dogma is what you have to believe, whether you believe it or not. And law is what you must do, whether it is good for you or not.
— Dallas Willard
Why should anybody wait to do what is right until everybody does it?
— Wendell Berry
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
— William James
Somtimes when you know the right thing to do, you simply have to do it, even though it breaks your heart.
— Chris Fabry
Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.
— Henry David Thoreau
A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. - from Live Without Principle
— Henry David Thoreau