Quotes About Principle

Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

I would rather lose money than trust

I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.

we live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice.

The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.

The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.

You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

The truth can never be wrong, even if no one hears it.

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

Stand up for what is right even if you stand alone.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth.

Controversy for the sake of controversy is sin. Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command.

We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.