Quotes About Principles

I think perhaps love thrives on unlikely circumstances and chance : life thrives on these principles, and is life not love? And love not life?

We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

It has always seemed to me that a coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right. Bravery isn't about what people call you, Spensa. It's about who you know yourself to be.

In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

The difference between good and evil men is not found in the acts they are willing to commit—but merely in what name they are willing to commit them in.

Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles.

Act with honor, and honor will aid you.

But maybe you shouldn't be looking for life to be easier because you choose to do something that is right!

Can't you just relax," she asked him, "just for a little while?" "The rules—" "Everyone else—" "I cannot be everyone else!" Dalinar said, more sharply than he intended. "If I ignore our code and ethics, what am I, Navani? The other highprinces and lighteyes deserve recrimination for what they do, and I have let them know it. If I abandon my principles, then I become something far worse than they. A hypocrite!

Sometimes," Dalinar said, "the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

It has always seemed to me," she said, "that a coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right. Bravery isn't about what people call you, Spensa. It's about who you know yourself to be.

A coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right.

The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

Me considero un hombre de principios. Pero ¿qué hombre no se considera tal? Incluso el asesino, según he advertido, interpreta sus acciones como «morales». Tal vez otra persona, al leer mi vida, me considere un tirano religioso. Puede llamarme arrogante. ¿Qué hace que la opinión de ese hombre sea menos válida que la mía propia? Supongo que todo se reduce a una sola cosa: al final, soy yo quien tiene los ejércitos de su parte.

You can be moral without following the law, and you can be immoral while following the law.

Death is the end of all men!" Dalinar bellowed. "What is the measure of him once he is gone? The wealth he accumulated and left for his heirs to squabble over? The glory he obtained, only to be passed on to those who slew him? The lofty positions he held through happenstance? "No. We fight here because we understand. The end is the same. It is the path that separates men. When we taste that end, we will do so with our heads held high, eyes to the sun.

The book was written to embody an ideal. It was given to people who already had momentum in doing what was right. That was my mistake. Before any of this can work, our people need to have a minimum level of honor and dignity.

no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

The fact that the entire globe now operates according to the same economic princi­ples—­production or­ga­nized for profit using legally ­free wage labor and mostly privately owned capital, with decentralized coordination—is without historical pre­ce­dent.

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; it's choosing what's right over what's fun, fast, or easy; and it's practicing your values, not just professing them.

Choosing what's right over what's easy has become my mantra.

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them. Living

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.

A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal.