The Role of Principles in Life

Life you see is about the recognition that there are no peaks and troughs, only seasons. There are just seasons, good ones and bad ones, warm ones and cold ones. And it's about recognizing the season you are at in your life rather than trying to see your life as a peak at a point in time and a trough at a points in time. Principles make the person, not position. If you live your life according to your principles, your position might change, your positioning might change, but your principles stay the same. So here is the question: What are your principles?