(889 quotes found)
“On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarreling, fighting, burning and torturing one another, for abstractions unintelligible to themselves and to all others, and absolutely beyond the comprehension of the human mind.”
Thomas Jefferson
“It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.”
Florence Nightingale
“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles”
Confucius
“It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, "You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it."”
Abraham Lincoln
“Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.”
John C. Maxwell
“Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.”
Groucho Marx
“We're in a fight for our principles and our first responsibility is to live by them.”
George W. Bush
“There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover.”
Giotto di Bondone
“It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”
Alfred Adler
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