Principle — particularly moral principle — can never be a weather vane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency.
Quotes
Chinese proverb
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Jack London
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall
Nuccio Bertone
In the beginning there is man, alone with his thought, his soul, and his professional spirit, capable of intuitions that are at once great
Harry Harrison
The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness. We need to be careful, upon
Charles F. Dole
Goodwill is the mightiest practical force in the universe.
Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Jean De La Bruyere
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by:
Sir Alexander Fleming
Never neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening. It may be — usually is, in fact — a false alarm that leads to nothing, but
Wang Yang-Ming
The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his