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Quotes About Principles

A legendary horse is praised not for its strength, but for its Integrity.
~ Confucius, The Analects
Stress comes from knowing what is right and doing what is wrong
~ Larry Winget
Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?
~ Stephen Covey
Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.
~ Albert Einstein
The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.
~ James Madison
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.
~ Walter Cronkite
True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.
~ Muhammad Ali
Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
~ Joe Paterno
Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.
~ John C. Maxwell
Nothing is worth your integrity. Not success, not money, not fame. Nothing.
~ Ryan Hall
I discovered that success has very little to do with education or race or disposition; it has more to do with principles and following those principles.
~ Myles Munroe
Success is all about consistency around the fundamentals.
~ Robin Sharma
I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.
~ Michael Bloomberg
Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.
~ Brian Tracy
Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.
~ Vivek Wadhwa
Don't be a person of success, be a person of value.
~ Dalai Lama
The keys to success, in business and in life, are truthfulness, the ability to take and give, honest and well-intended feedback, strength of character and conviction in one's principles
~ Robert Kiyosaki
If the grass is greener on the other side it's probably getting better care. Success is a matter of sticking to a set of common sense principles anyone can master.
~ Earl Nightingale
Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit of their heroism through a feeling of false security.
~ Frederick The Great
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
~ Confucius
Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
~ William McKinley
I can guarantee people, then, that if they learn, discover, understand, explore, and apply the same principles that I learned, that success is predictable.
~ Myles Munroe