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I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
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.
Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed read more
Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.
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.
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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.
'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 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.
