Righteousness Quotes
582 quotes by 377 authors
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The fruit of humanity is devotion to one's parents. The fruit of righteousness is to respect one's elders. The fruit of wisdom is to understand…
— Mencius
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Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.
— Tom T. Hall
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How did they manage to raise their children in righteousness? The principles become part of their lives, and when it becomes part of their life,…
— David B. Haight
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It's okay that your parents aren't perfect; no one's are. And it's okay that they didn't have any perfect children either; no one's are. You…
— Ardeth Kapp
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My description of wisdom has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness, it is to do with being wise in one's own virtue, nothing more.…
— Zhuangzi
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And now I send these pages forth, not knowing what shall befall them, but with the earnest prayer that they may be blessed to aid…
— Frederic Farrar
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People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or in computers and…
— Walter Brueggemann
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For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all…
— Guru Gobind Singh
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I came into the world charged with the duty to uphold the right in every place, to destroy sin and evil... the only reason I…
— Guru Gobind Singh
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You can drift into sin, but not into righteousness.
— Leon Morris
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We begin life with the natural, next we come into the spiritual; but then, when we have truly received the kingdom of God and His…
— A B Simpson
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O Beginningless, Immortal, Timeless, Incomprehensible and Unimaginable Lord, the God of all and Creator of all creation, the Foreseer and Savior of all, as I…
— Marina of Aguas Santas
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To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching.
— Joseph Barber Lightfoot
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Since we have placed justification in the revelation of Jesus Christ formed and brought forth in the heart, there working his works of righteousness and…
— Robert Barclay
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How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God's providence and love and express that gratitude to him. Ammon taught,…
— Russell M. Nelson
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What one thing does the world need most today-apart, that is, from the all-inclusive thing we call righteousness? Aren't you inclined to agree that what…
— B. C. Forbes
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What we count the ills of life are often blessings in disguise, resulting in good to us in the end. Though for the present not…
— Matthew Henry
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As the flower turns to the sun, that the bright beams may aid in perfecting its beauty and symmetry, so should we turn to the…
— Ellen G. White
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To some, the temporal triumph of the Christian community in the world is a sign of God's favor and the essential righteousness of the Christian…
— Peter J. Gomes
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A true hero is not someone who thinks about doing what is right, but one that simply does what is right without thinking!
— Kevin Heath
Who Wrote These Righteousness Quotes
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