Quotes about principle
principles negative harmony
Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences. Stephen Covey
principles behavior consequence
While values drive behaviors, principles govern consequences. Stephen Covey
principles behavior determine
Values determine behavior; Principles determine the consequences of behavior. Stephen Covey
principles values
When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are. Stephen Covey
principles guidelines endure
Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. Stephen Covey
principles dominance majority
It must be pointed out, however, that strictly speaking it is incorrect to talk of the dominance of the pleasure principle over the course of mental processes. If such a dominance existed, the immense majority of our mental processes would have to be accompanied by pleasure or to lead to pleasure, whereas universal experience completely contradicts any such conclusion. Sigmund Freud
principles individual relation
I am a person who is inclined to define relations between individuals based on principles. Recep Tayyip Erdogan
principles subliminal provinces
I must remain always, both in principle + actively, interested in everything. Taking all of knowledge as my province. Susan Sontag
principles different creatures
God is not related to creatures as though belonging to a different "genus," but as transcending every "genus," and as the principle of all "genera. Thomas Aquinas
principles elements sound
Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right. Rutherford B. Hayes
principles conservative method
I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct). Rutherford B. Hayes
principles morality nations
Money, not morality, constitutes the principle of commercial nations. Thomas Jefferson
principles consequence
My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave consequences to him who has the disposal of them. Thomas Jefferson
principles constitution form
The Central Bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the principles and form of our Constitution. Thomas Jefferson
principles decent humans
Stand up for your principles, but be a decent human being while you're doing it. Rick Santorum
principles teach formulas
Teach principles not formulas. Richard P. Feynman
principles slavery politics
There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience. William Lloyd Garrison
principles morality ethics
Principles do not mainly influence even the principled; we talk on principle, but we act on interest. Walter Savage Landor
principles crafts never-forget
Never forget that you are practicing a craft with certain principles. William Zinsser
principles human-nature appreciated
Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated. William James
principles easy
It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than it is to apply them. Winston Churchill
principles knows
When you know principles that can motivate you, you will then know principles that can motivate others. Conversely, when you know principles that can motivate others, you will then know principles that can motivate you. W. Clement Stone
principles inference egotism
It is a false principle that because we are entirely occupied with ourselves, we must equally occupy the thoughts of others. The contrary inference is the fair one. William Hazlitt
principles today sake
Today, local economies are being destroyed by the pluralistic, displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality. The global economy is built on the principle that one place can be exploited, even destroyed, for the sake of another place. Wendell Berry
principles useful-things expediency
The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. W. Somerset Maugham
principles method firm
Be firm on principle but flexible on method. Zig Ziglar