Haile Selassie Quotes

I stand on principle where many people stand on money.

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.

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

I'd forgotten it's an important thing to give thought to your morality and how you intend to live your life.

Morals, not Art or Literature.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

A movement without a vision is a movement without moral foundation.

My philosophy is different than most of the people up here. I think if you do the right thing and you lose, you still did the right thing. I think if you do less than the right thing and win, it’s morally reprehensible.

What are the values that give meaning? What is the line that you will never cross, because on this side you're good, and on this side you're evil.

Principle is a passion for truth.

We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity.

What does he stand for?

If you don't stand for anything, you don't stand for anything!

Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.

Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is.

I would teach my child to respect what is right - the word right is a difficult word to use - I would teach him to respect the intrinsic value of things. Do you see what I mean? The true proportion of things.

Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.

We don't necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.

The values of life are most important.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

You figure out what your standards are, and I think that's important.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.