Quotes About Principles

Not enslaved to principles but bound by love for God, they have become free from the problems and conflicts of ethical decision. They are no longer weighed down by them. They belong completely and solely to God and God's will.

Who stands fast? Only the man whose final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, or his virtue, but who is ready to sacrifice all this when he is called to obedient and responsible action in faith and in exclusive allegiance to God—the responsible man, who tries to make his whole life an answer to the question and call of God. Where are these responsible people?

Kaži mi, ali savesno. Istinu. Ho?eš li, to jest, možeš li ti meni biti prijatelj bez obzira na ideje koje zastupam. Uvek, do kraja.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others change their principles for the sake of their party.

Countries once established on Judeo-Christian principles have become overrun by ideologies and organizations that seek to strip society of all that is sacred. Without a major turnaround, civilization itself is going to self-destruct.

Until you are conscious of your conscience, you are morally unconscious.

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

Beauty is not just physical. It's about what you stand for, how you live your life.

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.

Character cannot be counterfeited, nor can it be put on and cast off as if it were a garment to fit the whim of the moment. Day by day we become what we do. This is the supreme law and logic of life.

All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.

You need to find a way to live your life, that it doesn't make a mockery of your values.

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

What is life without honor? Degradation is worse than death.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

Don't run your life by what's legal or illegal. Run your life based on what's right or wrong.

When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.

If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.

Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity

You must accept that you can change and that a pattern of principles adhered to and used repeatedly will not only direct your life, but change it permanently.

If I've learned any one lesson from life, it's this: If you don't stand for something, you will stand for anything.

Let us not fool ourselves - without Christianity, without Christian education, without the principles of Christ inculcated into young life, we are simply rearing pagans.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.