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Before anything can be reasoned upon to a conclusion, certain facts, principles, or data, to reason from, must be established, admitted, or denied. — Thomas Paine

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love. — Albert Camus

Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. — Chris Cleave

There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're throwing away. — Will Shetterly

The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity. — Friedrich Nietzsche

We just tend to live our lives without even knowing that there are certain principles that enhance a better passage through life. — Sunday Adelaja

Principle III:;: Presumptive rights are the conditions under which individual powers normally develop. — William Ernest Hocking

You don't have to be a Christian to work at Chick-fil-A, but we ask you to base your business on biblical principles because they work. — S. Truett Cathy

I might have principles, but that doesn't mean I want to shop there — David Clark

It is the bungled crime that brings remorse. — P.G. Wodehouse

All products come from the worth of time — Sunday Adelaja

When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner. — Zig Ziglar

Principles are eternal ... — William Jennings Bryan

Don't neglect your calling all in the name of employment — Sunday Adelaja

The origin of agriculture involved both human intentionality and a set of underlying ecological and evolutionary principles. — Kent V. Flannery

Joblessness makes you live without the fear of being fired — Sunday Adelaja

Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient. — Benjamin Disraeli

If Governments Promote The Principles Of The Kingdom, Then We Will See An Established Society — Sunday Adelaja

It is the principle of sin, rebellion against God and His truth which has brought about birth defects and other destructive natural occurrences. — E.W. Jackson

War will never yield but to the principles of universal justice and love, and these have no sure root but in the religion of Jesus Christ. — William Ellery Channing

Some level of truthfulness has always been seen as essential to human society, no matter how deficient the observance of other moral principles. — Sissela Bok

Principle will, in ... most ... cases open the way for us to correct conclusion. — Thomas Jefferson

The first principle of economic symmetry: building the economic power to consume simultaneously with the industrial power to produce. — Louis O. Kelso

A true mother is known for her compassion, love and passion; she is everly dedicated to her calling. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

An industrious mother is an initiator of a good course; always charting new course for her loved ones. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles. — Friedrich Nietzsche

A Godly mother's seed of faith yields a bounty of faithfulness. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

The Tao's principle is spontaneity. — Laozi

It is personalities, not principles, that move the age — Oscar Wilde

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect. — Stephen Covey

It is because of my principle that people continue to give. — Abdul Sattar Edhi

You don't have to explain yourself. Let your weakness be yours. Let your strength be everybody's. You understand the principle? — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time. — David J. Schwartz

It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association — William James

Don't let the tide of life shift you away, move intentionally in the right direction — Sunday Adelaja

Nature blessed every person with the innate capacity to express wonder and awe for the eternal world and act with a kind and unstinting soul. — Kilroy J. Oldster

The fundamental principle of Christianity is to be what God is, and he is light. — John Hagee

It's easier to hold your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold them 98 percent of the time. — Clayton M Christensen

The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet

Always see the positive aspect of every situation you find yourself — Sunday Adelaja

The principles of kingdom of God are imprinted on human spirit — Sunday Adelaja

I have always supported measures and principles and not men. — Davy Crockett

Adopt new habits yourself: consolidate your principles by putting them into practice. — Epictetus

Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules. — Dallin H. Oaks

Continue to diligently work and God's principles will work in your life as it worked in Ruth's life — Sunday Adelaja

A wholesome mother knows the software to delete, download, upgrade and upload for the best results. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

To say that being non-judgmental is better than being judgmental is itself a judgment, and therefore a violation of principle. — Thomas Sowell

When your heart feels strangely warm, you've found your love — Liz Hester

Life will treat you according to how you observe its rules and principles. — Sunday Adelaja

The wisdom of God and the knowledge of His spiritual principles are accessible to the sons of God — Sunday Adelaja

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical. — Joel Osteen

People can be trained in certain principles, but then they actually have to apply them and try them out. — Sakyong Mipham

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue. — Sinclair Lewis

To be a fully functioning moral agent, one cannot passively accept moral principles handed down by fiat. Moral principles require moral reasoning. — Michael Shermer

Survival isn't all there is to life — Sunday Adelaja

Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others. — Ronald Reagan

I think that violence and nonviolence are not moral principles, they're tactics. — Jerry Vlasak

Our lives are destined by the determination of our own principles. — Saleem Durrani

Alter strategies and tactics, but never your principles. — John Kessel

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. — Tom Stoppard

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily. — Victoria Woodhull

One of the commonest weaknesses of human intelligence is the wish to reconcile opposing principles and to purchase harmony at the expensive of logic. — Alexis De Tocqueville

If you don't have the faith in principles and you don't believe in the absolutism of the truth then you won't be able achieve anything in life. — Sunday Adelaja

Truth, though, is nothing in the face of self-falsehood, and principles are of no value if the idealist cannot live up to his own standards. — R.A. Salvatore

"Because there has been no one to stop me" has been one of the principles of my life. — Joyce Carol Oates

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles. — Jawaharlal Nehru

A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends. — James Monroe

Don't let your principles sit idle on a plaque. Bring them to life. — Cheryl A. Bachelder

Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. — Mark Twain

The principles now being discovered at work in the brain may provide, in the future, machines even more powerful than those we can at present foresee. — John Zachary Young

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"People say that about themselves when really they only want to make you unhappy. — Ron Hansen

In order to grasp the principles of spiritual growth, you need to be filled with understanding and the wisdom of God. — Sunday Adelaja

Reflect and meditate on yourself and discover ways to multiply yourself — Sunday Adelaja

The principles of comedy are the principles of comedy. I can hear funny. — Stephan Pastis

It is a waste if you embrace the kingdom of God without its principles — Sunday Adelaja

I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway. — John Calvin

I lie, I forge I blackmail." Edward shrugged. "But cheating at cards? I'd never stoop so low."

"Good to know you have some principles. — Courtney Milan

The entire preoccupation of the physicist is with things that contain within themselves a principle of movement and rest. — Aristotle.

American nation was not founded on political principles. This nation was founded on spiritual principles. — Marco Rubio

I'm one of those that have said, one of my key principles is I will not support a health care reform bill that is not deficit-neutral, period. — Mike Ross

Though my principles are not many, yet I am very loyal to every one of them. — Sameh Elsayed

Principle I:;: Legal rights are presumptive rights. — William Ernest Hocking

Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle. — Benjamin Franklin

The first thing a principle does is kill somebody — Dorothy L. Sayers

You can use principles of the free market to drive social change. — Leila Janah

I've governed from a consistent set of principles — Scott Gessler

Never let us confuse what is legal with what is right. Everything Hitler did in Nazi Germany was legal, but it was not right. — Marian Wright Edelman

The smile of a stranger can lead you into your joy — Liz Hester

Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity. — Stephen R. Covey

The principles stated in the proclamation on the family are a beautiful expression of this gospel culture. — Dallin H. Oaks

It was here I learnt that corporate principles and military principles are basically the same. Insulation. Illusion. Hype. Activity. — Tarun J. Tejpal

It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last. — Elbert Hubbard

The United States is a Christian nation founded upon Christian principles and beliefs. — George W. Bush

As believers, we each have a different essence of existence — Sunday Adelaja

A world without esoteric knowledge is a poorer place and we as a humanity pay the price for the loss of its principles. — Belsebuub

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation. — William Wilberforce

You will never win if you don't deal with your work ethically. All that you need to do is to stick to your principles; morals are relative. — Ranveer Singh

The central task of our time is to evolve a new system of world order based on principles of peace and justice. — Richard A. Falk

No science ever defends its first principles. — Aristotle.

I want to die as a slave to principles, not to men. — Emiliano Zapata