Quotes About Principles

Ken Cuccinelli is a statesman. He has stood for biblical values even when it wasn't popular.

I will never stoop low to do certain things on camera.

I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right - regardless of ideology, party or political expediency.

The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.

A fierce and principled opposition stops a fat, complacent government from making stupid mistakes.

For a truly effective social campaign, a brand needs to embrace the first principles of marketing, which involves brand definition and consistent storytelling.

I went to a seminar early in my career on the craft of storytelling by Robert McKee. It was really life altering. There are basic principles on how to craft an engaging story and he covers them well. He's got a book out, 'Story,' that I would highly recommend to anyone interested in improve their storytelling.

The secret to renewal and true confidence is simple: Get back to the basics.

It's OK to be outspoken about your faith.

Don't do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You'll always know.

I eventually learned to cook by focusing on two principles. Both of them apply to all learning and will be your constant companions throughout this book: failure points and the margin of safety.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. —Ralph Waldo Emerson The system is the solution. —AT&T

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have."—John Rawls

Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken, and it doesn't require being unethical.

Study the Opposites In addition to studying his competition in tech and early-stage investing, Marc studies value investors on the completely opposite side of the spectrum, such as Warren Buffett and Seth Klarman. This doesn't mean they invest in the same types of companies; rather, the synergy is related to first principles.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." –Frederick Douglass

As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble." –Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist, leader of the 19th-century transcendentalist movement

Tactics are great, but tactics become commoditized." TF: If you understand principles, you can create tactics. If you are dependent on perishable tactics, you are always at a disadvantage. This is why Ramit studies behavioral psychology and the elements of persuasion that appear hardwired.

The rule is: The basics are the basics, and you can't beat the basics.

Hold the standard. Ask for help. Fix it. Do whatever's necessary. But don't cheat.

Compactness is a powerful property of spaces, and it is used in many ways in many different areas of mathematics. One is via appeal to local-to-global principles: one establishes local control on a function, or on some other quantity, and then uses compactness to boost the local control to global control.

But opposing evil requires inspiration by what is sound rather than by what is resonant.

Hegel] sees that no principles is sustainable as a first principle since it implicitly relies on other principles in order to distinguish itself.