Quotes with principle

Quotes 121 till 140 of 156.

  • Thomas Jefferson The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
    - +
     0
  • George Eliot The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
    - +
     0
  • Karl Kraus The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
    - +
     0
  • George Eliot The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
    - +
     0
  • Giambattista Vico The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
    Giambattista Vico
    Italian philosopher, historian (1668 - 1744)
    - +
     0
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
    - +
     0
  • Buddha The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
    - +
     0
  • Wilferd Arlan Peterson The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of ''nothing attempted, nothing gained'' and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
    Wilferd Arlan Peterson
    American author (1900 - 1995)
    - +
     0
  • Jean Baudrillard The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
    - +
     0
  • Adolph P. Gouthey There are two great forces in this world - good and evil; and no man is worth his salt unless he has lost and won battle for a principle.
    Adolph P. Gouthey
    American writer
    - +
     0
  • Alice Hamilton There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes.
    Alice Hamilton
    American physician, research scientist, and author (1869 - 1970)
    - +
     0
  • Herbert Spencer There is one principle that can keep a man in everlasting ignorance. That is contempt prior to investigation.
    Herbert Spencer
    British Philosopher (1820 - 1903)
    - +
     0
  • Anthony de Mello These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.
    Anthony de Mello
    Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist (1931 - 1987)
    - +
     0
  • Angelina Grimké Thou art blind to the danger of marrying a woman who feels and acts out the principle of equal rights.
    Angelina Grimké
    American activists and female advocates of abolition and women's rights (1805 - 1879)
    - +
     0
  • Napoleon Hill Through some strange and powerful principle of ''mental chemistry'' which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, ''that something'' which recognizes no such word as ''impossible,'' and accepts no such reality as failure.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
    - +
     0
  • Arthur Middleton Times have changed since George Herbert... but the principle and spirit in which he ministered as a priest remains an inspiration and model for all priests.
    Arthur Middleton
    American politician (1742 - 1787)
    - +
     0
  • Sir Philip Sidney To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.
    Sir Philip Sidney
    British Author, Courtier (1554 - 1586)
    - +
     0
  • Peter Nivio Zarlenga To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is.
    Peter Nivio Zarlenga
    American businessman, founder of Blockbuster Videos
    - +
     0
  • Carl von Clausewitz To introduce into the philosophy of War itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity.
    On War (1832) Ch. 1, Section 3, Paragraph 3
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
    - +
     0
  • Ursula K. Le Guin To me the ''female principle'' is, or at least historically has been, basically anarchic. It values order without constraint, rule by custom not by force. It has been the male who enforces order, who constructs power structures, who makes, enforces, and breaks laws.
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    American writer of science fiction and fantasy books (1929 - 2018)
    - +
     0
All principle famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 7)