“Piety /pi•e•ty/ (modern definition) 1. When you use Christ’s teachings to put someone in their place out of anger and self-righteousness. It… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“I reckon it does take a powerful trust in the Lord to guard a fellow, though sometimes I think that Cora’s a… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Too many of us focus on the outward structure of character and conduct without taking the time to build the inward foundation… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I know my Easts and Tom Brown, you see, and they're never happy unless their morality is being tried in the furnace… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sophie Kruger had worked in a house herself, up in Middle Swan. But now she pretended she was quality. There were none… — Sandra Dallas Copy Share Image
The Prophet Joseph Smith warned us to ‘beware of self-righteousness’ and to enlarge our hearts toward all men and women until we… — Neil L. Andersen Copy Share Image
When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
“The problem with self righteousness is that it seems almost impossible to recognize in ourselves. We will own up to almost any… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
So when we call pain a problem, we claim we do not deserve it. We are even prepared to scuttle God to… — John Gerstner Copy Share Image
The human species was too fond of lying, cheating, envy, ignorance, self-pity, self-righteousness, and utopian visions that always led to mass murder-but… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The deceitfulness of the heart of man appears in no one thing so much as this of spiritual pride and self-righteousness. The… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“Faith should be a tool to set us free, not a means to fuel a fascist agenda seeking to impede the civil… — Cristina Marrero Copy Share Image
Real joy is becoming exceedingly rare among artists of any kind. And I have an idea that those who can and do… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Self-righteousness exclaims, "I will not be saved in God's way; I will make a new road to heaven; I will not bow… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I think, that a man never passes the verge of moral humility, till self-righteousness be dethroned, till the high and towering imaginations… — Ebenezer Erskine Copy Share Image
“And before we can be clean and ready for Him to control, self-seeking, self-glory, self-interest, self-pity, self-righteousness, self-importance, self-promotion, self-satisfaction—and whatsoever else… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Our sin is what separates us from God, but it's our self righteousness that keeps us from running to Him for the… — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
The messages our kids receive from teachers, coaches--and even, with the best intentions, from us - can push them toward pride or… — Phil Vischer Copy Share Image
“Legalism is when we try to obtain the result of obedience by our own means and strength. It is self-righteousness, as opposed… — Kelly Minter Copy Share Image
Frankly, liberals are out of the habit of communicating with anyone outside their own in cohort. We have a cultural problem with… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“For God's sake, Larry, grow up. Develop a little self-righteousness. A lot of that is an ugly thing, God knows, but a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
If we think we are usually good, then God is usually irrelevant... Such thinking ignores the depths of sin in my own… — Edward T Welch Copy Share Image
“Our membership in this Church . . . should never be any cause for self-righteousness, for arrogance, for denigration of others, for… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Idealism is frequently another word for self-righteousness, a disease that can only be corrected by a profound understanding power in its complete… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“You have to be careful what you write and not allow self righteousness to cloud your ability to be objective. This story… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
When the devil looks at a man who sincerely desires not to sin, he is not so unintelligent as to suggest to… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
“When we step outside ourselves and stop being merely subjective witnesses, we can recognize how the relentless cut and thrust of our… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“The line between moral behavior and narcissistic self-righteousness is thin and difficult to discern. The man who stands before a crowd and… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“It is a great mistake to give a man who has not been convicted of sin, certain passages that were never meant… — D L Moody Copy Share Image
“Social media is teaching us that everyone fucks up, everyone is stupid sometimes, and that this is probably part of being a… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“We can not, therefore, reserve as sacred anything that is not truth and yet we cannot turn from things of truth have… — Leviak B. Kelly Copy Share Image
“We let rip with idealism and grand words, but it's nothing but rationalizations of our own egoistic behavior. Not only do we… — Christian Jungersen Copy Share Image
Self-righteousness is unavoidable. You can either be a self-righteous Pharisee where you think you are better than everyone else or you can… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The targets of this story are not wayward sinners but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Half of the time, the Holy Ghost tries to warn us about certain people that come into our life. The other half… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“I did not intend making a philippic against covetousness, a sin to which I believe no one here is addicted. Let us… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
