W. Somerset Maugham Quote – Principles
“You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.” – W. Somerset Maugham
Read more“You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.” – W. Somerset Maugham
Read more“Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now?” – William Stafford
Read more“People always say that a person reflects their true character when no one is around. I have found in life that this is not true. Yes, people act like they truly would when they are alone; but how they act when pressured by the people they look up to, is a true character evaluation.”
Read more“Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.” – Alexander Pope
Read more“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein
Read more“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life” –Winston Churchill
Read more“If you hear someone in public life say that he is going to stand firmly on principle, you should take cover, and warn others to do the same.” – John Kenneth Galbraith
Read more“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.” – Maya Angelou
Read more“It is often easier to fight for a principle than to live up to it.” – Adlai Stevenson
Read more“The only person you have to be better than is who you were yesterday”
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