If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate read more

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate read more

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.

When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, read more

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.