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Principal Quotes

From school hallways to the soul's deepest anguish.

These principal quotes range from what makes a transformational school principal, usually someone who taught successfully first, to reflections on Authority earned through experience rather than title.

In every case where I've seen a transformational school, there's a principal who really has the foundational experience of having taught successfully.

Quotes by Wendy Kopp

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

Quotes by Walter Savage Landor

When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all women.

Quotes by Victoria Principal

I've dedicated my entire career as an educator, principal, administrator and now as state superintendent toward solving problems, not picking fights.

Quotes by Tony Evers

Authority Quotes

One of the principal achievements of physics in the 20th century has been the revelation that the atom is not indivisible or elementary at all but has a complex structure.

Quotes by Sheldon Lee Glashow

The 19 hijackers that came over here to commit the attack on Sept. 11, there were those that were at the bottom of the line. There were those who were the principal conspirators. There were those who were the pilot....

Quotes by Robert Mueller

The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack.

Quotes by Robert Mueller

The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world.

Quotes by Robert C. Solomon

You know it is not my interest to pay the principal, or my principal to pay the interest.

Quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Education Quotes

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.

Quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Israeli society is comprised of four principal tribes growing closer in size.

Quotes by Reuven Rivlin

I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely with Tony Blair and the team for nearly 20 years.

Quotes by Peter Mandelson

I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.

Quotes by Pete Townshend

The principal role of a logo is to identify, and simplicity is its means... Its effectiveness depends on distinctiveness, visibility, adaptability, memorability, universality, and timelessness.

Quotes by Paul Rand

Emotion Quotes

Throughout the industrial era, economists considered manufactured capital - money, factories, etc. - the principal factor in industrial production, and perceived natural capital as a marginal contributor. The exclusion of natural capital from balance sheets was an understandable omission. There...

Quotes by Paul Hawken

My principal anguish, and the wellspring of all my joys and sorrows, has been the incessant merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.

Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis

The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive.

Quotes by Michael Shermer

In the postwar period, Americans turned away from quality as the principal goal of manufacturing and made cost the principal goal. Japanese, restructuring their companies, made exactly the opposite decision.

Quotes by Michael Crichton

That's the principal guiding feature of all interviews today is money.

Quotes by Marlon Brando

Identity Quotes

In a forbearance, the homeowner pays interest and principal on a smaller mortgage, at least for a time, but still owes the full amount. The lower monthly payment helps with affordability, giving stressed homeowners a break.

Quotes by Mark Zandi

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of 'principal' show up in these quotes?
The collection spans school leadership, a company founder's reflections, and one deeply personal line about an inner struggle, showing how varied the word can be.
What makes a good school principal, according to these quotes?
One line suggests that the most transformational principals are usually people who first had real, successful classroom teaching experience before stepping into leadership.
Is there a quote about talk versus motivation?
Yes, one short line contrasts talking about principles with actually acting from motivation, a distinction worth sitting with when thinking about leadership.
Do these quotes only cover education?
No, one references a products company built almost entirely of women employees, showing the word 'principal' stretching well beyond school hallways.
Where can I find more on leadership and authority themes?
For quotes that dig further into earned leadership and standing, our Authority collection offers related reflections worth exploring.

Others use the word differently, describing an all-women product company or a lifelong inner battle; explore more on Education or how it shapes Identity.