Righteousness Quotes

582 quotes by 377 authors

I distrust the perpetually busy; always have. The frenetic ones spinning in tight little circles like poisoned rats. The slower ones, grinding away their fourscore… — Mark Slouka
I can honestly say that there are many forms of atheism that I find far more admirable than many forms of Christianity or of religion… — David Bentley Hart
I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold fast to Christ. — John Nelson Darby
A man who has been born into the house of a warrior and yet places no loyalty in his heart and thinks only of the… — Torii Mototada
For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves. — Johann Arndt
Consider then, O man! whether there can be anything more wretched and poor, more naked and miserable, than man when he dies, if he be… — Johann Arndt
The state is concerned with the promotion of outward righteousness arising from the individual being constrained to keep the law. The Gospel alters human nature,… — Alister E. McGrath
At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems of works-righteousness. The… — Timothy Keller
Christ came to give us a justifying righteousness, and He also came to make us holy â€” not chiefly for the purpose of evidencing here… — Thomas Chalmers
How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine,… — Sophie Scholl
No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change… — Spencer W. Kimball
I would encourage them never to forget that they were not always vegans. The self-righteousness of the recently converted hurts, it does not help, other… — Tom Regan
Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures and substitutes righteousness… — Bill Griffith
In the month of October, the universal Church highlights her missionary vocation. Guided by the Holy Spirit she knows she is called to pursue the… — Pope Benedict XVI
I thank God and His Son, Jesus Christ, for the Restoration and its power to propel a magnificent wave of truth and righteousness across the… — Russell M. Nelson
It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can… — Mark E. Petersen
We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet it… — Jerome K. Jerome
...Forgiveness is Truth itself. It is Righteousness, it is the Veda. It is the supreme virtue in this world... — Sathya Sai Baba
Grant us a common faith that we shall know bread and peace-that we shall know justice and righteousness, freedom and security, an equal opportunity and… — Stephen Vincent Benet
Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things. — Stephen Covey

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