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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed read more

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they read more

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the read more

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

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.