Principles provide direction. Correct principles always are based upon and arise from doctrines, do not change, and answer the question of "what?". A principle is not a behavior or a specific action. Rather, principles provide basic guidelines for behavior and action.
A gospel doctrine is a truth of salvation revealed by a loving Heavenly Father. Gospel doctrines are eternal, do not change, and pertain to the eternal progression and exaltation of Heavenly Father's sons and daughters. Doctrines such as the nature of the Godhead, the plan of happiness, and the Atonement of Jesus Christ are foundational, fundamental, and comprehensive. Gospel doctrines answer the question "why?" For example, the doctrine of the plan of happines answers the questio of why we are here upon the earth. . . . A gospel principles is a doctrinally based guideline for the righteous exercise of moral agency. Principles provide direction. Correct principles always are based upon and arise from doctrines, do not change, and answer the question of "what?" Many principles can grow out of and be associated with a single doctrine. . . A principle is not a behavior or a specific action. Rather, principles provide basic quidelines for behavior and action.
A principle is not a behavior or a specific action. Rather, principles provide basic guidelines for behavior and action.
It was against my principles, but I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed.
As you seek spiritual knowledge, search for principles. Carefully separate them from the detail used to explain them. Principles are concentrated truth, packaged for application to a wide variety of circumstances. A true principle makes decisions clear even under the most confusing and compelling circumstances. It is worth great effort to organize the truth we gather to simple statements of principle.
Those who cling to power at the expense of principle often end up doing almost anything to perpetuate their power.
Accountability is not possible, of course, without fixed principles.
People tend to perform at a standard set by their leaders.