Rightly Quotes
405 Rightly quotes by 316 unique authors
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The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of…
— John Bunyan
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I acknowledge immense debt to the griots [tribal poets] of Africa - where today it is rightly said that when a griot dies, it is…
— Alex Haley
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The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary…
— Orson Pratt
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A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods rightly and beneficially.…
— Timothy Keller
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I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of…
— John Scott
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Our challenge is to unselfishly sacrifice all that we have been given, including our will. Elder Neal A. Maxwell rightly said: “The submission of one’s…
— Robert K. Dellenbach
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There is a happiness in Deism, when rightly understood, that is not to be found inany other system of religion. All other systems have something…
— Thomas Paine
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People are made for happiness. Rightly, then, you thirst for happiness. Christ has the answer to this desire of yours. But he asks you to…
— Pope John Paul II
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There is not less wit nor invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that…
— Pierre Bayle
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Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water.
— Oswald Chambers
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All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate people into a state of poverty,…
— Pope Clement VIII
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This is the law of prosperity: When apparent adversity comes, be not cast down by it, but make the best of it, and always look…
— Ralph Waldo Trine
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God knows what each one of us is dealing with. He knows our pressures. He knows our conflicts. And He has made a provision for…
— Kay Arthur
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The American people rightly look to their military leaders to be not only skilled in the technical aspects of the profession of arms, but to…
— J. Lawton Collins
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GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward.
— George Washington
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In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold…
— Evelyn Underhill
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Success is not rightly measured by wealth, prestige and power. Success is measured by the yardstick of happiness.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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Before Me you are a slug in the sun. You are privy to a great Becoming and you recognize nothing. You are an ant in…
— Thomas Harris
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If we were to tell you to deliberately spend ten minutes every day envisaging yourself being very ill, you'd quite rightly refuse to do it.…
— Peter A. Cohen
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Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely,…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.
— Paracelsus
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Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
— William Jennings Bryan
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Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss.
— Samuel Johnson
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We shall be made truly wise if we be made content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content with what we…
— Charles Kingsley
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