Quotes About Principle

Sacrifice life to truth.

I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.

A satyagrahi may not ride two horses, truth and untruth, at the same time, nor, to change the metaphor, trim his sail to catch every breeze as you do in the name of communism.

I have repeatedly stated that satyagraha never fails and that one perfect satyagrahi is enough to vindicate Truth.

Even the atheists, who have pretended to disbelieve in God, have believed in Truth.

One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.

Let hundreds like me perish, but let truth triumph.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

Truth stands for the fact, nonviolence negates the fact.

But thou, my son, study to make prevail One colour in thy life, the hue of truth.

Be the man of no one! Instead, be the man of truth, only the truth!

All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.

If there is no truth, there is no injustice.

Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?

Every thing to be true must become a religion.

[on Thoreau:] For not a particle of respect had he to the opinions of any man or body of men, but homage solely to truth itself.

A system-grinder hates the truth.

The motto of Harvard isn't 'nice,' it's truth. The motto of Yale isn't 'light and nice,' it's light and truth.

Truth may be unattainable, but honesty is not.

The truth is I'm a bit old school. For me, it would be hard to put on a Lakers jersey. That's just the way it is.

Stand up for Truth regardless of who steps on it.

Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.

It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.

I really respect anybody who stands by their truth.