Righteous Quotes · Page 13

Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.

— Dallas Willard

Pure love is an incomparable, potent power for good. Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage.

— Richard G. Scott

Is all anger sin? No, but some of it is. Even God Himself has righteous anger against sin, injustice, rebellion and pettiness.

— Joyce Meyer

I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.

— Bette Midler

Prejudice validates itself as righteous abhorrence of the criminally deviant. So Christian homophobia is just a metonym of that abjection in general.

— Hal Duncan

Servants, when their lords no longer sway, Their minds no more to righteous courses bend.

— Homer

"Rituals" don't make you righteous, it's uprightness: living up to moral principles and ethical principles, and submitting to universal law established by…

— Louis Farrakhan

Home should be a haven of love. Honor, courtesy, and respect symbolize love and characterize the righteous family.

— Thomas S. Monson

Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to the wise,…

— Henry Van Dyke

what we need in the world is manners ... I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners,…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life — if ever I thought a good thought—if ever I…

— Charlotte Bronte

Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious,…

— Anonymous

The other part of the true religion is our duty to man. We must love our neighbour as our selves, we must…

— Isaac Newton

“We're all the same past our skin-deep differences. Is there even such thing as a righteous person in this world? I'm sure…

— Masumi Seki

Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority…

— William Allen White

What I'm trying to do is be righteous. And when I say “righteous,” I don't mean God. You know? God- Righteous. I…

— Patrice O'Neal

“Too many disciples neglect their thorn-like qualities. For instance: Opting for singleness doesn't count if you can't attract a mate. Patience doesn't…

— Michael Ben Zehabe

I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and…

— Ramakrishna

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

The ever-present expectancy of death is never far removed from any of us - whether we realize it or not. None of…

— Richard L. Evans

We live, understandably enough, with the sense of urgency; our clock, like Baudelaire's, has had the hands removed and bears the legend,…

— Lionel Trilling

somebody/ anybody sing a black girl's song bring her out to know herself to know you but sing her rhythms carin/ struggle/…

— Ntozake Shange

When my heart is cold and I cannot pray as I should I scourge myself with the thought of the impiety and…

— Martin Luther

[Jesus] teaches that just as the sun gives light to both wicked and good, and the rain brings nourishment to righteous and…

— Stephen Mitchell

It's hard not to empathize with the mayor's anger, given the injustices he'd suffered, but righteous anger rarely leads to wise policy.

— Anonymous

Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.

— Thomas a Kempis

The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.

— Richard G. Scott

How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't…

— Oscar Isaac

It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.

— Nikolai Gogol

Young people like to feel self-righteous, like they're on the right side of things.

— John Darnielle

It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is…

— Primo Levi

“Have clean hands in whatever you do. Integrity is doing the right thing when people are watching you and still making it…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will…

— Gary Zukav

Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.

— Chanakya

Redemption is prior to righteousness. You cannot be righteous until you are first redeemed,

— Ravi Zacharias

Even with the trials of life, because of the Savior's Atonement and his grace, righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace.

— Quentin L. Cook

Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running.

— Amby Burfoot

My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.

— Robert Burns

“Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he fearless about truly appearing less righteous…

— Criss Jami