John Kenneth Galbraith Quote – Stand Firmly On Principle

“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“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“It is often easier to fight for a principle than to live up to it.” – Adlai Stevenson
Read more“No one who has stood for high values — love, truth, justice — has died being able to declare victory, once and for all. If we embrace values like those, we need to find ways to stand in the gap for the long haul, and be prepared to die without having achieved our goals.” – Parker J. Palmer
Read more“The future depends on what we do in the present.” – Gandhi
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“Through her example, may [Most Holy Mary] encourage you to be in the new millennium announcers of hope, love and peace.” – Pope Francis
Read more“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman
Read more“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, it is the parent of all the others” – Cicero
Read more“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” ― Voltaire
Read more“What must I do? What must I do to inherit eternal life?’ What must I do so that my life may have full value and meaning? The youth of each one of you, dear friends, is a treasure that is manifested precisely in these questions.” – Pope Francis
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