Quotes about Principle
America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional.
— Mark McKinnon
The first principle of spiritual formation is this: A spiritually formed person loves God and others.
— Scot McKnight
There is no time limit for a satyagrahi nor is there a limit to his capacity for suffering.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Is is always time to do the right thing.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is never wrong to do the right thing.
— Mark Twain
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
— Mark Twain
The preacher who casts a vote for conscience' sake, runs the risk of starving.
— Mark Twain
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.
— Mark Twain
Why shouldn't we be honest and honorable, and lie every time we get a chance? That is to say, why shouldn't we be consistent, and either lie all the time or not at all?
— Mark Twain
Do right and you will be conspicuous.
— Mark Twain
On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? Conscience asks the question, is it right? There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. (from Rediscovering Lost Values)
— Martin Luther King, Jr.