Barack Obama Quotes

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

A principle isn't a principle until it costs you something.

Principles don't mean anything until they cost you something.

You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.

To be good, you need to believe in what you're doing.

My future is righteousness.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

Never compromise your principles, even if it leads to difficulties in the short term.

You're not really ready to live unless you know what you're willing to die for.

One man with beliefs is equal to a thousand with only interests.

It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.

You shouldn't change your behavior because a government agency somewhere is doing the wrong thing. If we sacrifice our values because we're afraid, we don't care very much about those values.

I stand firm in what I believe in.

Compromises lead you nowhere. You can't be happy doing something you don't believe in.

You stand up for what you believe in.

Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.

Reformers who are always compromising, have not yet grasped the idea that truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.

There are interests by the sacrifice of which peace is too dearly purchased. One should never be at peace to the shame of his own soul--to the violation of his integrity or of his allegiance to God.

Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.

If you are not willing to take pain to live by your principles, there is no point in having principles.

Don't compromise your principles.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.

Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die.