Quotes About Principle

The Bible is the ultimate authority of the Christian system; therefore, our first principle, our starting point, or the foundation of our thinking, is the Bible itself.

It is not up to you to uphold or ignore an essential aspect of a biblical doctrine just because it is convenient for you at the moment or because you want to make a point.

Love is popularly regarded as an emotion. The main problem with this is that the Bible does not define it this way. In fact, if this anti-Christian definition is used as the operating principle, it would annihilate the reality and stability inherent in the biblical idea.

The Bible, or Scripture, is the ultimate authority and first principle of the Christian system, and it is the source of our knowledge about God and the things of God. Therefore, it is appropriate to begin the study of theology by considering the attributes of Scripture.

The Bible, or Scripture, is the ultimate authority and first principle of the Christian system, and it is the source of our knowledge about God and the things of God.

because human society has not been operating under this principle, it has passed laws that open the floodgate to mass murder (as in abortion), that endorse rampant sodomy, that consider adultery as a private affair between consenting adults, and that grant divorce as a right to be freely exercised.

The avant-garde is attitude, principle, set of activities, set of performances, articulatory forms, positive objects and processes.

In almost all textbooks, even the best, this principle is presented so that it is impossible to understand.' (K. Jacobi, Lectures on Dynamics, 1842-1843). I have not chosen to break with tradition.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.

Have the courage to say "no!" Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right.

The world has become a better place in which to live because of persons who have made it a habit to try to do the right thing only because it was right.

Let us honour if we can The vertical man Though we value none But the horizontal one.

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

The religious definition of truth is not that it is universal but that it is absolute.

You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.

You don't have to explain yourself. Let your weakness be yours. Let your strength be everybody's. You understand the principle?

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

Be always sure you're right then go ahead.

If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it.

Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.

In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval.