William Jennings Bryan Quotes

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

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

I've always kept it very simple. I'm a big believer that basics stay the same for all the formats.

Always get back to your core principles.

There are gonna be a core set of values that shouldn't be up for debate. Should be our north star.

Eternal values, not temporal ones, should become the deciding factors for your decisions.

People can be unreliable and disloyal; possessions can lose their value; jobs that once stimulated you can become boring. But principles remain steady through it all.

Men and times change-but principles-never.

Circumstances should never alter principles!

We are committed to a world in which we keep America safe, but we recognize that our power doesn't just flow from our extraordinary military but also flows from the strength in our ideals and our principles and our values.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

The problem with most leaders today is they don't stand for anything. Leadership implies movement toward something, and convictions provide that direction. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything

He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity.

I don't have all the answers. I have a lot of questions. And I have some basic principles.

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

The world rests on principles.

You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity.

You know flexibility is a good thing but it shouldn't - you shouldn't be flexible on core principles.

Leadership is about having principles. A leader must have a vision and principles that will endure for all time and must always be true to these principles, applying them to changing circumstances

The reason why principles are so important is because principles make life predictable.

To be modern only means to fill new forms with eternal truths.

Write only of what is important and eternal.

"Adjust to changing times but sticking to unchanging principles" - committing me and all Americans to real ideals of justice and truth, no matter what difficulties faced us.

I have been very consistent over the course of my entire life. I have always fought for the same values and principles.