kwize
login
Quote of the day
|
Authors
|
Topics
|
Sources
principles quotes
English
(9)
Français
(3)
edits
filters
“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”
Confucius
,
Analects
“Prosperity is the best protector of principle.”
Mark Twain
,
Following the Equator
“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.”
Ian Fleming
,
Casino Royale
“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.”
Oscar Wilde
,
The Picture of Dorian Gray
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
,
First Inaugural Address
“No fear can stand up to hunger, no patience can wear it out, disgust simply does not exist where hunger is; and as to superstition, beliefs, and what you may call principles, they are less than chaff in a breeze.”
Joseph Conrad
,
Heart of Darkness
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
,
Self-Reliance
“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.”
Jane Austen
,
Pride and Prejudice
“When man was being made, the Creator was a schoolmaster—His bag full of commandments and principles; but when He came to woman, He resigned His headmastership and turned artist, with only His brush and paint-box.”
Rabindranath Tagore
,
The Home and the World
Related topics
self
women
fear
society
art
peace
fight
hunger
sincerity
faithfulness
practice
loyalty
privilege
selfishness
prosperity
fellowship
persons
Related authors
Oscar Wilde
(1)
Jane Austen
(1)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1)
Mark Twain
(1)
Confucius
(1)
Joseph Conrad
(1)
Ian Fleming
(1)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1)
Rabindranath Tagore
(1)
Related sources
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1)
Analects
(1)
Pride and Prejudice
(1)
Self-Reliance
(1)
Following the Equator
(1)
Heart of Darkness
(1)
The Home and the World
(1)
Casino Royale
(1)
First Inaugural Address
(1)
Follow Kwize on Facebook!
Choose the picture:
Follow Kwize on Pinterest!
Choose the picture:
<< Back >>