Redemption is prior to righteousness. You cannot be righteous until you are first redeemed, — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
We can't achieve righteousness just by our own efforts but only tru God's grace that is always sufficient. — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
Empathy is an antidote to righteousness, although it's very difficult to empathize across a moral divide — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In spinning a robe of your own righteousness, before the sun goes down you will find it all unraveled. — Curtis Hutson Copy Share Image
“ROM10.4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As I read the scriptures, it appears that those who receive the Savior's strongest reproach are often those who hold themselves in… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf 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
“God’s righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: “ The righteous will live by faith.” Romans 1:17” — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair. — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Thus my learning is not my own; it belongs to the unlearned and is the debt I owe themMy wisdom belongs to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Our righteousness is in Him, and our hope depends, not upon the exercise of grace in us, but upon the fullness of… — John Newton Copy Share Image
God has set up a high standard of righteousness. He has made plain a distinction between human and divine wisdom. All who… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
To meet the serious issues facing us in our respective communities today, we must be examples of virtue and righteousness ourselves and… — Nathan Eldon Tanner Copy Share Image
My will shall be done regardless of the flaws in thy life, if ye count upon the power of My righteousness. I… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
Some relate . . . that the eagle tries the eyes of her young by turning them to the sun; which if… — John Owen Copy Share Image
It seems to me there is less meanness in atheism, by a good measure. It seems that the spirit of religious self-righteousness… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
If the words of God are uttered merely as verbal expressions, and their message is not rooted in the virtuous way of… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Each day the forces of evil and the forces of good enlist new recruits. Each day we personally make many decisions showing… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
In short, there are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on… — Edmund Ezra Day Copy Share Image
“The author compares the struggles of Martin Luther with the prevailing doctrine that a little genuine effort on our part results in… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
When we put too much hope in a candidate or a party we set ourselves up for disappointment. When I see a… — Shane Claiborne 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
“It much honoureth God, when his servants can quietly and fearlessly trust in him, in the face of all the dangers and… — George Virtue Copy Share Image
Our too-young and too-new America, lusty because it is lonely, aggressive because it is afraid, insists upon seeing the world in terms… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“The Beatitudes reveal the profile of the Christian, the character of the one who has had a life-changing encounter with the grace… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So go marry someone, provided you're equally yoked and you actually like being with each other. Go get a job, provided it's… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
The differences between religions are only differences involving the pathways that lead toward the practice of directly experiencing higher levels of perception… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
We do not by any means think it desirable that the kingdom of righteousness and peace should be established on earth (because… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Though a man may be found in a weak state, that does not at all mean that he has been abandoned by… — John of Shanghai and San Francisco Copy Share Image
![“When we put too much hope in a candidate or a party we set ourselves up for disappointment. When I see a poster with [Barak] Obama's image with the word "hope" under it, something in me cringes - our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness, the old hymn goes, all other…” quote by Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/shane-claiborne-960_barak-obama_when-we-put-too-much-hope-in-a-candidate_3105731.png)
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