Righteousness Quotes
582 Righteousness quotes by 377 unique authors
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If you are fond of dressing elegantly, or when you put on your clothes, think of the incorruptible garment of righteousness in which our souls…
— John of Kronstadt
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...the title 'Righteousness' is given to God because He assigns what is appropriate to all things; he distributes their due proportion, beauty, rank, arrangement, their…
— Pope Dionysius
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I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
— Solomon
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Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment.
— Chanakya
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Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it's a cinch. Each of us can be true for just one day--and then one more…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Our sin is what separates us from God, but it's our self righteousness that keeps us from running to Him for the grace He willingly…
— Paul David Tripp
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The sin of Adam did not make the condemnation of all men merely possible; it was the ground of their actual condemnation. So the righteousness…
— Charles Hodge
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Righteousness alone can exalt America as a nation. Whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, and encourage it in others.
— Patrick Henry
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Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world.
— Jeffrey R. Holland
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Biblical righteousness is more than a private and personal affair; it includes social righteousness as well....Thus Christians are committed to hunger for righteousness in the…
— John Stott
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The Lord needs women who will step forward in righteousness and say, 'Here am I, send me.'
— M. Russell Ballard
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Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.
— Kevin DeYoung
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I saw, moreover, that it was not my good frame of heart that made my righteousness better, nor my bad frame that made my righteousness…
— John Bunyan
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I am convinced that...in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Our children are humans and deserve to be treated respectfully. Discipline doesn’t include raging, screaming, abusing, neglecting, humiliating, or shaming our kids. God never treats…
— Jen Hatmaker
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God extends his grace to his people (and mankind in general) when he destroys the wicked, because in destroying the wicked, he is averting their…
— Andrew Sandlin
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[Jews are] murderers of the Lord, assassins of the prophets, rebels against God, God haters,... advocates of the devil, race of vipers, slanderers, calumniators, dark-minded…
— Gregory of Nyssa
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Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two…
— Benjamin Franklin
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In a world threatened by a famine of righteousness and spiritual starvation, we have been commanded to sustain the prophet. As we give heed to,…
— Carol F. McConkie
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Our Father in Heaven loves all of His children and desires that they know and understand His plan of happiness. Therefore, He calls prophets, those…
— Carol F. McConkie
Who Wrote These Righteousness Quotes
377 authors contributed a total of 582 Righteousness Quotes, led by these top contributors: