The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Don’t get discouraged if you stumble at times. The first step to walking in righteousness is simply to try. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard. — Confucius Copy Share Image
To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
“Every time I try to be righteous by my own actions, God reminds me my righteousness comes from Jesus alone.” — alisa hope wagner Copy Share Image
One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while… — Imagawa Sadayo Copy Share Image
One ounce of the practice of righteousness and of spiritual Self-realisation outweighs tons and tons of frothy talk and nonsensical sentiments. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lead… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
Third, we could, while denouncing them both as illegal, have acquiesced in them both and thus remained neutral with both sides, although… — George William Norris Copy Share Image
A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Remember this-all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The idea ... that collective society should take hold of Evil and set it down hard in its chair and make it… — Gerald Stanley Lee Copy Share Image
If men would as fervently seek after love and righteousness as they do after opinions, there would be no strife on earth,… — Jakob Bohme Copy Share Image
God has overlooked the times of such ignorance, yet now he is telling mankind that they should all everywhere repent. Because he… — Paul the Apostle Copy Share Image
At the present moment, in the prevailing situation, what is most essential is the cultivation of love. Losing love mankind has lost… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“At certain moments, the foot slips ; at others, the ground gives way. How many times had that conscience, furious for the… — Victor Hugo 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
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
Here is my challenge. Name one ethical statement made, or one ethical action performed, by a believer that could not have been… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Look, people need to conform the external reality they face daily with this subjective feeling they likewise experience constantly. To do this… — Sergio De La Pava Copy Share Image
Many Christians still at bottom look upon God as one of the most selfish, self-absorbed Beings in the universe, far more selfish… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
“A life predicated on good works always has its dangers. The pursuit of righteousness is separated from hypocrisy and pharisaism by only… — Patrick Q. Mason Copy Share Image
“In Luther’s words, “Good works are not the cause, but the fruit of righteousness.”3 It is a very common mistake when one… — Patrick Davis Copy Share Image
“The swordsman said, “Don’t you see? The point is that you can’t do the right thing unless you first decide to do… — NisiOisiN Copy Share Image
“It's only when we understand [Jesus'] presence in the church as being the fulfillment of God's promise in Zephaniah 3:17 to "quiet… — Reggie M. Kidd Copy Share Image
Christlike love is the greatest need we have on this planet in part because righteousness was always supposed to accompany it. Pure… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Christianity doesn't offer a smooth flight; it provides a safe landing. The promise of Jesus is not one of happiness, He promises… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
If there could be such a thing as the Mammon of Righteousness Christina would have assuredly made friends with it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There must be a corps that will battle for righteousness, for there are endless battalions who serve unrighteousness. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
I can't help but wonder why we, as Christ professing young women so easily submit our minds and emotions to an industry… — Leslie Ludy Copy Share Image
Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Any moment you're willing to give up your fig leaves, which you think are covering you, God will give you His righteousness,… — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
I would employ the wise and strong of the empire, using righteousness to lead them. In this way, nothing is impossible. — Cao Cao Copy Share Image
If you're truthful with yourself and others, forgiveness clears the path to righteousness, to grace. All we want is grace. We all… — Corbin Bernsen Copy Share Image
“You are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption. —1 CORINTHIANS 1:30” — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
“It is not of my concern what other religions or beliefs there are in the world as long as they are helping… — Wyeijn Copy Share Image
Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
There's a righteousness in thinking that you're doing something, that there's a cause behind it, there's a purpose behind it, there's a… — Teddy Atlas Copy Share Image
It seems to me people tend to forget that we are to love our enemies, not to satisfy some standard of righteousness… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
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