Quotes about Principle
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
— William Hazlitt
In The Sound of Music, when Captain Von Trapp and Maria reveal their love for each other, what does Maria say? "Nothing comes from nothing; nothing ever could." We don't normally think of philosophical principles as romantic, but Maria was here expressing a fundamental principle of classical metaphysics.
— William Lane Craig
A legacy of true value is a legacy made of more than money. It's a legacy conceived in wisdom, nurtured by principle, and sustained by character.
— David Green
A true faith in Jesus Christ will not suffer us to be idle. No, it is an active, lively, restless principle; it fills the heart, so that it cannot be easy till it is doing something for Jesus Christ.
— George Whitefield
The fundamental principle of Christianity is to be what God is, and he is light.
— John Hagee
The laws of God, like the law of gravity, do not depend upon how I feel about them. They are inexorable.
— Scott Hahn
The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice.
— Thomas Paine
I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.
— John Wooden
God should be the object of all our desires, the end of all our actions, the principle of all our affections, and the governing power of our whole souls.
— Jean Baptiste Massillon
A principle is a truth that is established by God that can never be changed.
— Myles Munroe
To say murder is wrong is as much a statement of faith as 'I believe that God said murder is wrong' is a statement of faith.
— Dennis Prager
The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.
— George Eliot