P Quotes
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“Princeton has made an enormous difference in my life, and I am delighted to be able to express my gratitude in such a tangible way. The generosity of earlier generations of donors made it possible for me to attend Princeton as a young student from Hong Kong, and I have always wanted to do all I could to assure that students in the future.. from the United States and around the world.. will have the same kinds of opportunities I had to learn from faculty members who are leaders in their fields at a university that remains second to none in its commitment to teaching.”
“Princeton is a sublime undergraduate university. It has a good architecture school.”
“Princeton is a wonderful little spot. A quaint and ceremonious village of puny demigods on stilts.”
Source: Einstein on Peace
“Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is a thing with which Princeton men must satisfy the country.”
“Princeton is quite integrated. Women are professors at Princeton. Women are students at Princeton. That began in the 1970s.”
“Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.”
“Principal Barkin had a list of suspects that was exactly one kid long.”
Source: The Terrible Two
“Principal Principal: Where's your late pass, mister? Errant Student: I'm on my way to get one now. PP: But you can't be in the hall without a pass. ES: I know, I'm so upset. That's why I need to hurry, so I can get a pass. Principal Principal pauses with a look on his face like Daffy Duck's when Bugs is pulling a fast one. PP: Well, hurry up, then, and get that pass.”
“Principala condiție pentru "niciodată nu e prea târziu" este să te simți tânăr toată viața.”
“Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.”
“Principally, and first of all, I resign my soul to the Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying on the merits of Jesus Christ for the pardon of my sins.”
“Principally, I'll give anything a chance, only because the greatest challenges are the ones that you never see coming.”
“Principals hired that teacher you had a crush on in high school because she had the sense to wear a tight shirt and "forget" a few buttons.”
Source: The Temptation of Eden
“Principio de localidad 1
Los cuerpos no necesariamente deben estar tocándose para ejercer y recibir su efecto. La acción a distancia se nutre de la fuerza con la que se puede conseguir la separación. Una característica de la separación a distancia es que los cuerpos aún interactúan entre sí para cada instante de tiempo.
Como si
la fuerza se transmitiera instantáneamente.
Estar lejos es estar
cerca y estar cerca es estar lejos.
Nada es medible a
determinada distancia.”
Source: La incertidumbre cuántica
“Principle #1: Avoid dangerous people and dangerous places. Principle #2: Do not defend your property. Principle #3: Respond immediately and escape.”
“Principle #6: Recognition that change and reform are not identical, and that innovation is a devouring conflagration more often than it is a torch of progress.”
“Principle 1 from The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance book: "It can take a lifetime to build a solid business and moments to destroy it" (Criniti, 2014, p. 32).”
Source: The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance: A Comprehensive Collection of Time-Tested Principles of Wealth Management
“Principle 135 from The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance book: "Money is not the root of all evil and good" (Criniti, 2014, p. 167).”
Source: The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance: A Comprehensive Collection of Time-Tested Principles of Wealth Management
“Principle-centred leadership, consistent leadership, stewardship and servant leadership are all values-driven. Always go back to reflect on your beliefs and values as you go about your leadership responsibilities.”
Source: Making Success Deliberate
“Principle comes first; action thereafter.”
“Principle five behind the Startup Way philosophy is continuous transformation: All of this requires the development of a new organizational capability: the ability to rewrite the organization's DNA in response to new and diverse challenges. It would be a shame to transform only once. When a company has figured out how to transform, it can - and should - be prepared to do it many more times in the future.”
“Principle I: Legal rights are presumptive rights.”
“Principle II: The presumptions of the law are creative presumptions:;: they are aimed at conditions to be brought about, and only for that reason ignore conditions which exist.”
“Principle III: Presumptive rights are the conditions under which individual powers normally develop.”
“Principle is a passion for truth.”
Source: The Round Table: A Collection of Essays on Literature, Men and Manners
“Principle is ever my motto, no expediency.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Principle is immovable. Preference never stops moving.”
“Principle is OK up to a certain point, but principle doesn't do any good if you lose.”
“Principle of "Christian love": it insists upon being well paid in the end.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche
“Principle will, in... most... cases open the way for us to correct conclusion.”
“Principle without practice is like raw meat, which is good to have in your kitchen, but basically useless until you cook it in the oven. A principle has to be cooked in the heat of human conscience and behavioral expressions, in order to reach its proper nutritious potential.”
Source: Lord is My Sheep: Gospel of Human
“Principle-centered people are constantly educated by their experiences.”
Source: Principle Centered Leadership
“Principled people prevail”
“Principles . . . become modified in practice, by facts.”
“Principles always have natural consequences attached to them. There are positive consequences when we live in harmony with the principles. There are negative consequences when we ignore them. But because these principles apply to everyone, whether or not they are aware, this limitation is universal. And the more we know of correct principles, the greater is our personal freedom to act wisely.”
Source: Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day
“Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.”
Source: On War
“Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.”
“Principles are concepts that can be applied over and over again in similar circumstances as distinct from narrow answers to specific questions. Every game has principles that successful players master to achieve winning results. So does life. Principles are ways of successfully dealing with the laws of nature or the laws of life. Those who understand more of them and understand them well know how to interact with the world more effectively than those who know fewer of them or know them less well.”
“Principles are deep fundamental truths... lightly interwoven threads running with exactness, consistency, beauty and strength through the fabric of life.”
“Principles are eternal.”
“Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition
“Principles are laws that are established by the creator or the manufacturer by which a product functions. If you violate those laws, then you produce malfunction, which is what we call failure. If you obey those laws and align yourself with those laws, then you are guaranteed success.”
“Principles are like a seed in the ground; they must continually be visited with heavenly influences or else your life will be a barren field.”
Source: Centuries of Meditations
“Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.”
“Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.”
“Principles are like sheaths. It doesn't have the sharp edge to cut something, but it can cover that sharp edge. So that no one gets hurt.”
“Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent that which we feel strongest about in guiding our behavior.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.”
Source: Centenary Reflections
“Principles are sometimes an unaffordable luxury.”
“Principles are the basis for developing a vision and value system for all.”