Righteous Quotes
521 quotes by 384 authors
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But it's daylight," she said at last. "Vampires can't go out in the sun, everyone knows that!" Bones chuckled. "Right And we shrink back from…
— Jeaniene Frost
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The most paradoxical aspect of neurotic shame is that it is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved, the star and the scapegoat,…
— John Bradshaw
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To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling...…
— Spencer W. Kimball
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The righteous ones are always exhausting to have around.
— Alexandra Adornetto
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I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work,…
— F. Sionil José
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Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive.
— John Bradshaw
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I don't like self-righteous people," I say. "What's to like?" says Haymitch, who begins sucking the dregs out of the empty bottles.
— Suzanne Collins
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He didn't mind if she hated him. They were never going to be a cute romantic couple like Sam and Astrid. Clean-cut, righteous, all that.…
— Michael Grant
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To be "in Christ" is to place one's trust in Him for salvation from sin. To be "in Christ" is to trust His goodness, not…
— Charles R. Swindoll
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Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail. It is the deepest faith we have, and the unbeliever- the blasphemer, the dissenter- will…
— Ken Kesey
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ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.
— Aeschylus
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Churchgoers feel righteous, responsible, and obedient to God's will. They view anyone unlike themselves as devoid of values, and therefore unworthy of God's love. By…
— Deepak Chopra
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The goblins of the city may hold committees to divide a single potato, but the strong and the cruel still sit on the hill, and…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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Because the path of the righteous man was never supposed to be easy,' I whispered. 'Those who are chosen by the Lord are given a…
— Alexandra Adornetto
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Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows in perception if not in reality. The best response…
— Dean Koontz
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The marker of those who understand the gospel of Jesus Christ is that, when they stumble and fall, when they screw up, they run to…
— Matt Chandler
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Are you a censor? Do you tell people not to say “girlâ€? Shame on you! If nothing offends you, you’re a saint or you’re psychotic.…
— William T. Vollmann
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Do you think that every time you make a mistake, He is mad at you and won't talk to you...or that you must somehow make…
— Joyce Meyer
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There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots.…
— J. William Fulbright
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A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our present policies... True compassion is more…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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