Quotes About Principles

Hard lives begat hard laws, not just in the necessities of living, but also in those of believing.

There would always be, he now understood, those for whom violence was righteous. Sudden

Zen's failure to resist and renounce intolerance and militarism is ironically derivative of traditional principles when misunderstood or when applied, sometimes purposefully, in an inappropriate way.

The only people who aren't hypocrites are those whose morals are so twisted, whose consciences are so seared, that they don't believe in any ideals higher than those they actually live out.

It sort of violates every known principle that we have," he admitted. "But every once in a while, you should test that you really have the right principles. You don't want to end up too rigid.

And I have always believed that one's politics and the character of his particular work are inseparable.

Mathematics is the means by which we deduce the consequences of physical principles. More than that, it is the indispensable language in which the principles of physical science are expressed.

There is no principle, built into the laws of nature, that says that theoretical physicists have to be happy.

after all, our purpose in theoretical physics is not just to describe the world as we find it, but to explain — in terms of a few fundamental principles — why the world is the way it is.

Self-discipline must be the hardest principle to master. Second is tolerance and then acceptance.

Enough! I've known Alice for almost four years, and I would never use her for gain. Our friendship stands apart from family politics, business, and everything else.

A new business model based on old principles of social justice where people matter - now that's a revolutionary way to reduce inequality.

Social movements rarely succeed if they violate our gut sense of decency and moral proportion.

I have no problem with saying I am a socialist or with saying I'm a feminist. That's how I was when I was 15, and you know, I haven't grown out of it and probably never will.

I was raised a socialist by two very socialist parents, and I still feel very animated about socialist principles.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.

Principles, convictions and motives are neither sold nor bargained for!

I'm only at the beginning of my career, but I feel successful in that I haven't sold out in any way, shape or form. I feel good about the choices I've made, and I don't feel like I've let go of any of my values.

I'm not in this to make money. I would not have sold my soul to be on 'American Idol.'

The record books aren't going to lie. They aren't going to say I sold out. They aren't going to say anything.

The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it is fatal to neglect, but neither advisable, nor perhaps practicable, to use as the sole, or even the principal, guides in the actual conduct of affairs.

I personally developed the Academy training program. All our training is based on solid educational principles. We present the material in four training formats: lecture, demonstration, drill, and implementation.

Paul Ryan is a solid conservative.