Principal Quotes

“In some cases, you can tell how somebody is being treated by their own boss from the way they are treating someone to whom they are a boss.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Mr. Herbert Demarest
Alexander Hamilton Jr. High
2236 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn NY

Dear Mr Demarest,
Then why don't you give him 'Withering Heights'? At least Heathcoat knew how to kick some ass.
Chas. Banks
3d Base”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer

“Leadership potential is in everyone; we all have it, but we all don't know it until we have a direct individual encounter with the Holy Spirit of God. The principal source of leadership influence is the Holy Spirit.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Putting the principal at risk for the hope of an extravagant return — that’s not wise investing, that’s gambling.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Wisdom is the ability to make wise decisions and pursue them. The bible said "wisdom is the principal thing". This means it's the number one thing ever that you cannot bypass and expect to succeed!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“You show me a school with a principal behind the desk, and I'll show you a school without principal leadership. (Quoting Baruti Kafele)”
― William Sterrett, Insights into Action: Successful School Leaders Share What Works

“Knowledge of Nature is an account at bank, where each dividend is added to the principal and the interest is ever compounded; and hence it is that human progress, founded on natural knowledge, advances with ever increasing speed.”
― Grove Karl Gilbert

“The mark of a mature man is not willing to die for a worthy cause, rather it's willing to live for one”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“Policy may involve politics but, principle is principal.”
― Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

“Wisdom is the principal thing. The principle to discover the principal thing is "the fear of the Lord". Fear God and be wise.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Creeds for Aspiring Achievers

“Actually, before creating a family, it is necessary for a person to be already happy”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Education is the realization of hope for the future.”
― Victor Tam

“No one’s ever brought me flowers before,” said Mr. Kidswatter. “You may not believe this, Louis, but I don’t have many friends.” He put his hand on Louis’s shoulder. “You’re like a son to me,” he said.
“And you’re a maggot-infested string bean,” muttered Louis.
“What?” asked Mr. K.
“I said, you’re a magnificent human being.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger

“වේවැල පාසලකට අත්‍යවශ්‍යම දෙයක් නොවේ. ඒ නැතිව පාසලක් පාලනය කළ හැකිය. පාසල් බිමේ කොතැනක යතත් වේවැල රැගෙන යන විදුහල්පතිවරු වෙති. ඔවුන් සුදුසු වන්නේ හරකුන් රකින්නට විනා ළමයින් රකින්නට නොවේ.”
― ඇන්. ටී. කරුණාතිලක, දිග ගමනක කෙටි සටහන්

“God is the source of wisdom for dream accomplishment. This is the principal principle.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Shaping the dream

“Mr. Parker’s mouth dropped open like a toddler had crawled under his desk and whacked him in the giblets. I tried not to giggle as he slowly closed his mouth and stood up from behind his desk. I expected him to start shouting obscenities about the stupidity of pre-marital sex, but he walked around and closed the door behind me. I could practically hear the phone call he would make to my mother in my head.

“Connor, I hope I don’t need to give you a lecture about how dangerous it is for someone of your age to engage in such activities?”

“No, sir. Trust me when I say, it was an accident and won’t be happening again for as long as I live my life as a single person. Such activities are best left to those with more experience and have joined their lives in holy matrimony.” I fought hard to keep my face sincere and deadpan. I didn’t know what the hell was going on with me, but I liked it. Not only had I come up with the most unbelievable lie in the universe, I sounded heartily sorry for it too.”
― Sean Hayden, My Soul to Keep

“Geoff Creaghan is the Principal for higher education at Cloudworks, a part of Accenture.”
― Geoff Creaghan

“For all her boldness, Jade was good at citing risks, naming all the things that could sabotage a life. In the weeks after a homicide in the neighborhood, elementary school kids did worse on tests. Teenagers without fathers were more likely to wind up parents before graduation. Black boys got sent to the principal's office more.”
― Naima Coster, What's Mine and Yours

“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.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“If you reinvest dividends, which can often be a very smart investment move, you will no longer get to see on your statement what you originally paid to buy the position. Instead, our dividend profit masquerades as principal in a very powerful illusion that affects almost every investor.”
― Christopher Manske, Outsmart the Money Magicians: Maximize Your Net Worth by Seeing Through the Most Powerful Illusions Performed by Wall Street and the IRS