Sentence examples for precepts he from inspiring English sources

"The view of our organization and our committee is that in the face of controversy, you shouldn't back away from your precepts," he said.

Bill Richardson, a Canadian broadcaster, heard in the book a rallying cry: its precepts, he wrote, are "antithetical to those that have reigned over us.

Zinzendorf's initial purpose had been strictly ecumenical: following Spenerian precepts, he had sought to develop ecclesiolae in ecclesia little churches within the church"—to act as a leaven, revitalizing and ultimately unifying churches into a single Lutheran communion.

It is not "the right action" according to the Buddhist precepts he identifies with, because it sends a message of support for Israeli military actions against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

And what is human nature, and how do you raise a community of people to run a business?" Dalio is serenely convinced that the precepts he relies on in the markets can be applied to other aspects of life, such as career development and management.

Its precepts, he writes, are 'based more on hope than reality, on wishes rather than data, on beliefs instead of science.' Pfeffer sets out to help his readers rethink leadership by focusing on the root causes of failures in business leadership.

"Get the bastard when the opportunity arises," is a scholarly precept he shared recently with Decca Aitkenhead.

Cheparinov went against almost every basic precept — he did not castle, he did not develop his pieces and he did not control the center — and he ended up winning one of the most exciting games of the year.

There is a "long established precept", he wrote, that while "the incidents, benefits, and obligations of marriage are uniform for all married couples within each State...they may vary, subject to constitutional guarantees, from one State to the next".

Appiah remains skeptical of simple maxims for ethical behavior — like the Golden Rule, whose failings as a moral precept he swiftly demonstrates — and argues that cosmopolitanism is the name not "of the solution but of the challenge".

On the council tax precept, he added: "In northern constituencies they just won't be able to raise the money, these are impoverished places like Knowsley or Birkenhead, where I am from.