“A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.”
Margaret Thatcher
“Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage.”
Laura Schlessinger
“A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
“For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys”
“I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”
Everett Dirksen
“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.”
Jane Austen