Quotes About Principles

Better a Zero than a Nero.

In 1933 the students of the Oxford Union, under the inspiration of a Mr. Joad, passed their ever-shameful resolution, "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and Country.

The Constitution was a reaffirmation of faith in the principles painfully evolved over the centuries by the English-speaking peoples. It enshrined long-standing English ideas of justice and liberty, henceforth to be regarded on the other side of the Atlantic as basically American.

The original "Articles of the Barons" on which Magna Carta is based exist to-day in the British Museum. They were sealed in a quiet, short scene, which has become one of the most famous in our history, on June 15, 1215. Afterwards the King returned to Windsor. Four days later, probably, the Charter itself was engrossed. In future ages it was to be used as the foundation of principles and systems of government of which neither King John nor his nobles dreamed.

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense.

The Truths of War are absolute, but the principles governing their application have to be deduced on each occasion from the circumstances, which are always different; and in consequence no rules are any guide to action. Study of the past is invaluable as a means of training and storing the mind, but it is no help without selective discernment of the particular facts and of their emphasis, relation and proportion.

The Declaration of Independence is not only an American document. It follows on Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights as the third great title-deed on which the liberties of the English-speaking people are founded. By it we lost an Empire, but by it we also preserved an Empire. By applying its principles and learning its lesson we have maintained our communion with the powerful Commonwealths our children have established beyond the seas.

Por más que quieras resistirte a él, que te niegues a oír cuando dice tu nombre, que saques tus principios y tus convicciones, que le azotes la puerta en media cara, el dinero siempre va a hallar algún callejoncito para seducirte.

I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, openmindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake.

Movies, TV, sports, come and go, but what you stand for is what people remember. Mandela, Martin Luther King, John Kennedy are people who really stood for something and were willing to die for it. You don't see a whole lot of that any more.

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

I believe we leaders need to live according to a biblical process, not according to a ministry model.

Hastings sat back, extending his long legs. "It's not enough to do SOMETHING. It's important to do the RIGHT thing.

Constructive ends can never give absolute moral justification to destructive means

Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time.

It's easier to hold your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold them 98 percent of the time.

Art is a matter strictly of experience, not of principles, and what counts first and last in art is quality; all other things are secondary.

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

Respect is like a religion. It is more than just a lifestyle. You may live with it, or die without it.

There are no losers in the world of honorable men.

There is no such thing as moral standards if you don't believe in morality.

Wo die Moral sich nicht überall einnistet. Ich habe einen Sittenrichter geboren.