1,227 Quotes About Principles

True integrity holds its ground even when such a stance means that you have let go of everything else that’s sitting on that ground.

I do not doubt the ability of mankind to aspire to lofty ideals and the most pristine of principles. But what I doubt is the willingness of mankind to incur the sacrifices involved in moving from aspiring these things to actually embracing them. And in such a conundrum as this, I would suggest that to stop at ‘aspiring’ and never move to ‘embracing’ is without a doubt the greatest sacrifice of all.

Do not tell me about your principles, for words are easy to craft and talk is cheap. Rather, let me see you live them out in the sentence and syntax of everyday life. And let me see that not so that I know that you understand the principles that you espouse, for that is easy. Rather, I want to know that you understand the sacrifice of living them out, and that the weight of the principle offsets the sacrifice of carrying it.

Without a firm moral restraint and a bold adherence to principled ethics, nothing within the power of men will save us from the power of mankind.

We could sum up thre entire message of this book in the following way; leaders stand for something - vision. Leaders stand on something - values.

In order to have success it is necessary to know certain principles and rules

It’s not about what we do today. It’s about who we are everyday.

Living in God’s righteousness and conducting your work according to God’s golden principles will undoubtedly lead any born again Christian to incredible success

Despite the ferocity of the current, a river is always moving but it’s always in the same place. And much like a river, while we should surge forward with great ferocity, our principles should never move.