Sentence examples for a personal principle from inspiring English sources

Through nine days of marathon negotiations that in the end produced a modest agreement, Mr. Sharon scrupulously held to a personal principle: No matter how much the American mediators grumbled, he never once shook the hand of Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader.

With that knowledge, I have a personal principle for all new launches: Wait about six months before purchasing the latest gadget (particularly in a new product category), as it takes about that long for Apple to work out all the kinks.

I use the word whore not because I get paid to have sex with shoes (although I may have thought about that once or twice), but because, if I see a pair of shoes I want, I may set aside a personal principle or two in order to have them.

He rose in almost total silence, his face twisted in anger: the dividing line between stubborn ambition and personal principle has become increasingly opaque.

If Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi seeks to use the Yasukuni visit to demonstrate his personal principle and fortitude, he has picked the wrong fight, because its diplomatic cost clearly outweighs its domestic benefits.

My personal principle has been make the rules in general more transparent".

McCain's gut instinct was to settle impulsively on Palin, without regard for policy concerns, personal principle or the need for meticulous research.

Focusing on the short-term can lead some to interpret certain decisions as a betrayal to personal principles.

Ultimately, it is up to you as to what you personally desire to uphold as personal principles and values.

Hartmann spent the war years in internal exile, refusing to allow his music to be published or performed in Nazi Germany, and it is easy to hear his later music as an expression of his firm and courageous personal principles.

Acceptance is distinguished from belief in that acceptance is based primarily on an evaluation of evidence, whereas beliefs refer to intuition, faith, and personal principles (Smith, 1994; Southerland et al., 2001).