Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.
More quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.
Henry Ward Beecher · DisciplineDefeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
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More quotes about Principles
Success is the ability to rise above principle.
Gerald Barzan · PrinciplesThe principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.
Albert Camus · PrinciplesYou can't live principals you can't understand.
Stephen R. Covey · PrinciplesA people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Dwight D. Eisenhower · Principles