“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
Most soulish believers assume an attitude of self-righteousness, though often it is scarcely detectable. They hold tenaciously to their minute opinions we… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
The sober guy is always going to have this air of arrogance or self-righteousness, but it's not my intention. I just knew… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
Ah, there is nothing more beautiful than the difference between the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a holy being,… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
“Some people looove to feel offended because it makes them feel important. When your only tool is a hammer, suddenly every problem… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“Develop a little self-righteousness. A lot of that is an ugly thing, God knows, but a little applied over all your scruples… — Stephen King 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
No wonder if such persons look upon imputed righteousness as the shadow of a dream, who esteem those things which evidence its… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“The Law dispels all self-illusions. It puts the fear of God in a man. Without this fear there can be no thirst… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Rather than experiencing the richness of a dynamic, intimate relationship with the righteous One, you put God in a little box that… — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
“Let a prejudice be bequeathed, carried in the air, adopted by hearsay, caught in through the eye,–however it may come, these minds… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Develop a little self-righteousness. A lot of that is an ugly thing, God knows, but a little applied over all your scruples… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“It's just that some of the people I've met through her, the athletes, the influencers and writers? They all have this same… — Angela Flournoy Copy Share Image
“It is far better to be seen by others as a sinner and plead fervently to Christ for salvation than to be… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
“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
“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
“When in Reading Gaol he told me that the warders in the dock had been gentle and kind, but the visit of… — Charles Ricketts Copy Share Image
“I try to remember what I have too often forgotten to my peril: as far as teaching goes, when all you are… — Garret Keizer Copy Share Image
“Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“At a moment when we must face too much self-righteousness and narcissism on our path, it is a soothing relief for our… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“To be specific, the self-sins are these: self-righteousness, self-pity, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, self-admiration, self-love and a host of others like them” — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
“The long tradition of naiveté and self-righteousness that disfigures our intellectual history, however, must serve as a warning to the third world,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the grasp of self-righteousness of his heroism a never want to accept that A women are single omnipotent in this world,… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
I would encourage them never to forget that they were not always vegans. The self-righteousness of the recently converted hurts, it does… — Tom Regan Copy Share Image
In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us… The old "manifest destiny" idea… — Francis John McConnell Copy Share Image
“For individuals to feel justified in doing horrible things to other people, they must feel an unwavering certainty in their own righteousness,… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Calamity, war, famine, plague, death, adversity, disease, injury do not necessarily produce repentance. We may become better in a calamity but it… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to… — Timothy Keller 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
"Sinner" is a present-tense description of everyone, including those who have put their faith in Christ. Of course, those who have called… — Edward T Welch 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
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
