Quotes About Principles

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.

Mathematics is being lazy. Mathematics is letting the principles do the work for you so that you do not have to do the work for yourself

To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life.

You know, the one with all the well meaning rules that don't work out in real life, uh, Christianity.

I had no interest in steroids. I didn't need them, and I didn't want them. I never wanted them. From the get-go, I've frequently mouthed off about their negative impact on the game.

It's very hard to live with yourself if you don't stick with your moral code.

I don't think I've become arrogant. I'm pretty much the same person. I think the world has changed. I think I'm pretty consistent. Because you stick to what you believe does not make you arrogant.

I've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in the nature of any democratic system.

Critics should stick to their convictions.

Sometimes, it's good to stick to your guns.

I'm sticking to what I've always said, either the right movie gets made or no movie gets made.

I like the package deal. A lot of schools just want me, but I know what I'm standing for. I know what I'm here for. I'd rather be with my brother than without my brother. Some college, I actually turned down because they didn't want the package deal. I'm sticking with it.

My grandfather was an amazing man. You talk about character and integrity, everyone who knew him, whether they agreed with him or not, said, 'George Romney is a good man, and he sticks to his principles: a man of honesty and hard work, integrity.'

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.

Mark my words, even if I sell out a club of 15,000 with all girls, I'm not taking my shirt off. I'm sorry. I know y'all are waiting to see the pasty stomach and everything.

I just don't believe that being conservative means all you do is throw stones and poke people in the eye.

Comedians are like pop bands. When you're young, you have ruddy principles and don't do old stuff because you don't want to take away the purity of youth. But then as you get older, you look at The Rolling Stones and see what fun they have.

They're lots of good Americans here in New York who have common sense and who believe in free markets and free people and limited government under our Constitution. Those are the principles I've always stood for. I know they're right, and that's what I'm going to stand for.

I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for. I didn't want to do something my parents and daughter couldn't be proud of.

I care about my legacy that I'm leaving, not only for my fans, but for my wife and my children and my grandchildren. I want them to look back and say, 'He did it right and he stood up for what is right.'

Ronald Reagan's era can be defined, number one in most people's minds, by the Cold War and by the end of it - and by the strong principles he stood for.

We worked very well with Mark Sanford. We stood shoulder to shoulder fighting for the principles that we believe in. But another person that stood there as well was a legislator, State Senator Larry Grooms.

Throughout my first year in office, I have stood up for principles that will guide our country back toward the path of freedom and prosperity.