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.

'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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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,

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

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