Quotes About Principle

The Master said, "The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit." (Analects 4.16)

It is my faith and conviction that the Constitution came not alone of the brain and purpose of man, but of the inspiration of God.

A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.

The principle can be established that for a man who does not cheat what he believes to be true must determine his actions.

There are some points on which no man can be contented to follow the advice of another - some subjects on which a man can consult his own conscience only.

If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be.

No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.

He [Pope Fransis] insists very clearly that only a union between man and woman, open to new life, by principle, can be called a marriage.

Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.

I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.

I believe that freedom is a gift from an Almighty to every man, woman, and child; that is a principle that was important to me during my presidency and I think it's an important principle.

The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know they are dogmas.

Even a little untruth destroys a man, as a drop of poison ruins milk.

A nonviolent man cannot desire embarrassment.

Man believes and lives.

Truth is superior to man s wisdom.

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, the same as I've believed all my life.

Max Askeli was a very courageous, principled man up to a point. He had left Italy before he was thrown in jail by [Francesco] Mussolini.

Man is a wretch without woman; but woman is a monster-and thank Heaven, an almost impossible and hitherto imaginary monster--without man, as her acknowledged principal!

Only people who are assured of daily food can concern themselves with matters of principle and ethic. A man will become a slave rather than starve.

A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it's the humanitarian principle he's defending, I suppose.

It should be remembered that men of courage, integrity, and principle can stand up to Big Brother and resist the headlong march into economic tyranny.

There's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em.