The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

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.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

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.

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.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

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,

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.