Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they read more

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.