Quotes About Principles

I want to take human rights out of their box. I want to show the relevance of the universal principles of human rights to the basic needs of health, security, education and equality.

Instead of your ego directing you and making countless mistakes, allow yourself to be guided by the invisible principles of the universe within your action.

I would rather be assassinated than see a single star removed from the American flag.

There never has been a period of history, in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundation.

We get our ethics from our history and judge our history by our ethics.

Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.

Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure.

If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles.

History is the preceptor of prudence, not principles.

To every rule there are diverse sub rules which all apply to the same rule.

When great changes occur in history when great principles are involved as a rule the majority are wrong.

Happy and successful homes cannot be built on immorality.

Thinking like ethical people, dressing like ethical people, decorating our homes like ethical people makes not a damn of difference unless we also behave like ethical people.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Stand for something. Don't quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty.

The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

May we be people of honesty and integrity trying to do the right thing at all times and in all circumstances.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.