I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed. Mark Twain
I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed.PrinciplesQuotations by Mark Twain
Month: November 2008
It is always easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them. Adlai E. Stevenson
It is always easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.PrinciplesQuotations by Adlai E. Stevenson
You may be flexible on strategy, but must remain consistent on principle! Brubaker Movie
You may be flexible on strategy, but must remain consistent on principle!PrinciplesQuotations by Brubaker Movie
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle. Lord Melbourne
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.PrinciplesQuotations by Lord Melbourne
Obey the principles without being bound by them. Bruce Lee
Obey the principles without being bound by them.PrinciplesQuotations by Bruce Lee
In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. Thomas Jefferson
In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current.PrinciplesQuotations by Thomas Jefferson
Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help. Georg Hegel
Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.PrinciplesQuotations by Georg Hegel
The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness. Harry Harrison
The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.PrinciplesQuotations by Harry Harrison
We may be personally defeated, but our principles never. William Lloyd Garrison
We may be personally defeated, but our principles never.PrinciplesQuotations by William Lloyd Garrison
Values provide perspective in the best of times and worst. Charles A. Garfield
Values provide perspective in the best of times and worst.PrinciplesQuotations by Charles A. Garfield
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight D. Eisenhower
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.PrinciplesQuotations by Dwight D. Eisenhower
You can’t live principals you can’t understand. Stephen R. Covey
You can’t live principals you can’t understand.PrinciplesQuotations by Stephen R. Covey
The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions. Albert Camus
The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.PrinciplesQuotations by Albert Camus
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages. Henry Ward Beecher
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.PrinciplesQuotations by Henry Ward Beecher
Success is the ability to rise above principle. Gerald Barzan
Success is the ability to rise above principle.PrinciplesQuotations by Gerald Barzan
We rise in glory as we sink in pride. Andrew Young
We rise in glory as we sink in pride.PrideQuotations by Andrew Young
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. Voltaire
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.PrideQuotations by Voltaire
Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there. Source Unknown
Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there.PrideQuotations by Source Unknown
Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity. Source Unknown
Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.PrideQuotations by Source Unknown
Swallowing your pride seldom leads to indigestion Source Unknown
Swallowing your pride seldom leads to indigestionPrideQuotations by Source Unknown
We should be ashamed of our pride, but never proud of our shame. Source Unknown
We should be ashamed of our pride, but never proud of our shame.PrideQuotations by Source Unknown
Swallow your pride occasionally, it’s not fattening. Frank Tyger
Swallow your pride occasionally, it’s not fattening.PrideQuotations by Frank Tyger
I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Henry David Thoreau
I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.PrideQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself. Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza
Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.PrideQuotations by Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. Fulton John Sheen
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.PrideQuotations by Fulton John Sheen
In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. John Ruskin
In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.PrideQuotations by John Ruskin
You cannot hold your head high with your hand out. Yiddish Proverb
You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.PrideQuotations by Yiddish Proverb
Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important. Korean Proverb
Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important.PrideQuotations by Korean Proverb
Pride is the mask of one’s own faults. Jewish Proverb
Pride is the mask of one’s own faults.PrideQuotations by Jewish Proverb
The nobler the blood the less the pride. Danish Proverb
The nobler the blood the less the pride.PrideQuotations by Danish Proverb
Pride and poverty don’t get along, but often live together. Proverb
Pride and poverty don’t get along, but often live together.PrideQuotations by Proverb
At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense. Alexander Pope
At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.PrideQuotations by Alexander Pope
Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk. Austin O’Malley
Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk.PrideQuotations by Austin O’Malley
There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion. Reinhold Niebuhr
There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.PrideQuotations by Reinhold Niebuhr
To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak. Jean Baptiste Masillon
To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak.PrideQuotations by Jean Baptiste Masillon
Has God forgotten all I have done for Him. Louis XIV
Has God forgotten all I have done for Him.PrideQuotations by Louis XIV
There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side. Oscar Levant
There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.PrideQuotations by Oscar Levant
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left. Oscar Levant
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.PrideQuotations by Oscar Levant
Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence. Johann Kaspar Lavater
Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.PrideQuotations by Johann Kaspar Lavater
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.PrideQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld