Quotes About Maxim

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.

In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and love the sinner, but hate anyone who calls it a sin or him a sinner.

I'm fairly introverted, but when I do stuff like a Maxim shoot, there's a side of me I call Gillian.

Yes. But he brought this great matter to a successful conclusion.' – That means something, but not enough; for we rightly accept the maxim which says that plans must not be judged by results.

I've always said, never trust a person without brows, a maxim that has proven true on more than one occasion.

A proverb is an exploding atom of wisdom.

I love 'Maxim, ' actually. It's very cool.

Maximum return was the maxim to which we returned.

Yes, I know you and your old maxim you were always quoting: Let him go and you'll keep him. Not let him go and you lose him. Yes, you did.

Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

act as if the maxim of your action were to become by your will a general law of nature.

Handle so, daß die Maxime deines Willens jederzeit zugleich als Prinzip einer allgemeinen Gesetzgebung gelten könne.

Inexperienced in the course of world affairs and incapable of being prepared for all the chances that happen in it, I ask myself only 'Can you also will that your maxim should become a universal law?' Where you cannot it is to be rejected...

Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law

Handle nur nach derjenigen Maxime, durch die du zugleich wollen kannst, dass sie ein allgemeines Gesetz werde.

Obra como si la máxima de tu acción pudiera ser erigida, por tu voluntad, en ley universal de la naturaleza

I should never act in such a way that I could not also will that my maxim should be a universal law.

An action done from duty has its moral worth, not in the purpose to be attained by it, but in the maxim according with which it is decided upon; it depends therefore, not on the realization of the object of action, but solely on the principle of volition in accordance with which, irrespective of all objects of the faculty of desire, the action has been performed.

Act upon a maxim which, at the same time, involves its own universal validity for every rational being.

T]o be unfaithful to my maxim of prudence may often be very advantageous to me, although to abide by it is certainly safer.

Freedom of the will is of a wholly unique nature in that an incentive can determine the will to an action only so far as the individual has incorporated it into his maxim (has made it the general rule in accordance with which he will conduct himself); only thus can an incentive, whatever it may be, co-exist with the absolute spontaneity of the will (i.e., freedom).

it is a maxim founded on the universal experience of mankind that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest, and no prudent statesman or politician will venture to depart from it.

In all our associations in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people.