Chris Christie Quotes

There's more than one way to get to the goal that you want to get to, but once you compromise your own principles, then you're lost. You're really lost.

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

I don't compromise my principles for politics.

Don't compromise your principles.

If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.

I've always said there is a boulevard that exists between compromising your principles and getting everything you want. Now, we should never compromise our principles. And I never have. Those are the things that people vote for you on, that's the core of who you are. But there's always a boulevard between that and getting everything you want.

There can be no compromise on moral principles.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

Never compromise a principle or relinquish a vital truth.

Principles don't mean anything until they cost you something.

My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.

Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.

My future is righteousness.

I'm willing to negotiate, but not compromise my core principles.

If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.

But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe.

Character is property. It is the noblest of possessions.

It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.

Don’t put yourself in a situation where you will not be able to achieve your ideals without violating them.