Quotes About Principles

There's more to good or bad than what's written in the Rulebook.

We must remember that what our governments are doing today will set the tone for future administrations. The very powers that may be exercised, perhaps for adequate reasons today, may be exercised later for totally inadequate and perhaps even for objectionable reasons. It is always unsafe to weaken on principles.

Si nous ne nous conduisons pas tout à fait bien, c'est parce qu'il nous reste, à tous, une vague petite notion de devoir au fond de notre désordre qui fait que nous n'avons pas le courage de nous conduire tout à fait mal.

He began to understand that just because some people thought certain behavior was wrong, that didn't make it so. A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there might be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.

He began to understand that just because some people thought certain behavior was wrong, that didn't make it so. A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there might be consequences, not everything would be necessarily lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.

Comenzaba a comprender que una conducta determinada no era necesariamente errónea sólo porque algunos la consideraran así. Una persona podía resistirse a las creencias populares, defendiendo principios personales, sin perderlo todo, aunque pudieran surgir ciertas consecuencias desagradables. Más aún: se podía ganar algo importante, aunque sólo fuera dentro de uno mismo.

I understand where you're coming from. I know it isn't just a question of revenge. It's the feeling there are some things you can't let pass. If you did, you wouldn't be able to look at yourself in the mirror afterwards.

I won't eat what I can't kill. It seems shoddy, hypocritical.

DoÄŸruluk yolunu seçiÅŸim, doÄŸru olma duygusundan çok gerçeÄŸi sevmeme dayan?r; gerçekten, uygulamada, eÄŸriyle doÄŸrunun soyut kavramlar?n? deÄŸil, vicdan?m?n ahlak alan?ndaki yolunu izledim. ÇoÄŸu kez, masal anlatt?m; ama pek az yalan söyledim.

El que tales distinciones se hallen o no en los libros, no quita que se hagan en el corazón de todo hombre de buena fe consigo mismo, que no quiere permitir nada que su conciencia pueda reprocharle.

Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican. She shook her head. Where are the values I raised you with?

Take away the ability of an intelligent, principled, hard-working mind to get it wrong, and you take away the whole thing.

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.

I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.

All work flows from some underlying assumptions, and the content of that faith can dramatically change our expectations for our work.

You can't be halfhearted in a revolution. Values that serve well in a civil society don't work in a state of nature.

The principles now being discovered at work in the brain may provide, in the future, machines even more powerful than those we can at present foresee.

I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.

Fights over ideas are the most vicious of all. If it were merely food, or water, or shelter, we would work something out. But in the realm of ideas one can become idealistic .

If there's something good, then I'm going to want to work. If there's something that I feel like I'd be compromising myself on, then I'd pass.

Liberals don't ask 'Does it work?' They ask 'Does it equalize?'

The principles always work if you work the principles.

He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity.

I'm not ready to do any compromises for my work.