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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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,

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

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

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

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

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.