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

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

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.

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.

Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.

Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.

'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.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

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.

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.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.