Principles provide us with guidance as to how to live and conduct ourselves. They are the signposts and guardrails along the highway of life. They are the compass and rudder of our ship on the sea of life. Without them we wander and drift aimlessly but not harmlessly. We become lost.

One of the most important things a person can do for themselves is to determine and become crystal clear about the principles they intend to live by. Principles, if a person has adopted them are interrelated and connected. They form a sort of network or matrix.

The saying: 'He who stands for nothing will fall for anything' is talking about the need for principles and what happens to those who don't make the effort to clearly define their own.