Quotes about Principles and Ideals

Brom: "Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe."

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.

It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Principle is okay up to a certain point, but principle doesn't do any good if you lose.

An ideal is only an ideal after all. As long as you embrace that ideal, the friction with reality will continue to increase. So you will someday face reality and will have to pay the price for your compromises.

Never put passion in front of principle, even if you win, you'll lose!