AB de Villiers Quotes

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.

'Think simple' as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.

Principles are eternal.

The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.

Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends - they will never go out of fashion.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.'

Big games are usually about doing the simple things well - not trying to pull a rabbit out of a hat.

If principles can become dated, they're not principles.

Men and times change-but principles-never.

Come back down to basics. The basic things of life, the basic things for me are the things that turn me on more than anything. I'm actually trying to go back from where I was running from...the more essential things that I was ignoring.

Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.

I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style.

Don't shift because fashion has shifted. Don't move from the original ethic you had, the original reasons. They're part and parcel of you.

But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.

Things are still in early stages, but one can imagine that as we build up and systematize our theories of these associations, and try to boil them down to their core, the result might point us toward the sort of fundamental principles I advocate.

I'm a traditionalist. I have certain values I live by.

We came up with three core touchy feely words.

The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.

To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.

Everything emanates from the basics, from your base. If you don't have a strong base, I'm sorry, but you are always going to be coming back to it, trying to reattain.

Deep and simple are far, far more important than shallow and complicated and fancy.

I believe in the simple things in life; everything derives from the beginning. You take things very simplistically and try to be the best person you can be.

I'm not a moderniser. I accept that things like escalators do need an upgrade every now and then, but I think the fundamental principles of Conservatism have a long thread running through them that does not need to be modernised.