Principles Quotes

We should be exploring consciousness at the neural level and higher, where the arrow of causal analysis points up toward such principles as emergence and self-organization.

It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.

One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

We will always apply the same principles of collective security, prudent caution, and superior weaponry that enabled us to peacefully prevail in the long cold war against the Soviet Union.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

You've got to be known for what you're running on, what principles.

At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places.

Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs.

President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.

Thus, in accordance with the spirit of the Historical School, knowledge of the principles of the human world falls within that world itself, and the human sciences form an independent system.

The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.

This election presents a stark choice - we can continue down the road of the Obama Democrats, more and more spending, debt and government control of the economy, or we can return to the founding principles of our nation - free markets, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

Studies indicate that most of young adults struggle to grasp even the most basic financial principles that will allow them to manage money and prepare for their future.

Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want - an honest party dedicated to common sense, fiscal responsibility and limited government. If we govern to save the country, we'll do well as a party.

Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

So much the worse, it may be, for a particular meeting: but the meeting is the individual, which on evolution principles, must be sacrificed for the development of the race.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Our forefathers got it; they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions.

My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.

Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.

The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily.