Quotes about Principle
There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time.
— Abraham Lincoln
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
— Aristotle
baseness that does not possess its own starting point [or principle] is always less harmful than that which does possess it, and intellect is such a starting point. It
— Aristotle
There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
— John Quincy Adams
Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.
— John Quincy Adams
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
— John Quincy Adams
It was a common saying among the Christians in the primitive Church, "The soul and the body make a man; the spirit and discipline make a Christian;" implying, that none could be real Christians, without the help of Christian discipline. But if this be so, is it any wonder that we find so few Christians; for where is Christian discipline
— John Wesley
Principle, right, honesty, should ever be cherished.
— Ellen White
The greatest want of the world is the want of men-men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.
— Ellen White
Only by acting upon principle in the tests of daily life can we acquire power to stand firm and faithful in the most dangerous and most difficult positions.
— Ellen White