Rightly Quotes

405 Rightly quotes by 316 unique authors

We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the first move-and he,… — Aristotle
Oscar Wilde quite rightly said, 'All art is useless'. And that may sound as if that means it's something not worth supporting. But if you… — Stephen Fry
Faith and initiative rightly combined, remove mountains, barriers and achieve the unheard of and the miraculous. — Henry Chester
I love the sea but it does not love me. The sea is like a desert in that it is quite rightly feared. The sea… — Tim Winton
God’s Word, when rightly expounded, is medicinal for a whole host of spiritual diseases. — Joel Beeke
When one has looked upon Jesus, though he be of little stature like Zacchaeus of old (cf. Lk. 19:3), and climb up on the top… — Gregory of Nazianzus
His Majesty knows best what is suitable for us. There's no need for us to be advising Him about what He should give us, for… — Teresa of Avila
Never take your obedience as the reason God blesses you; obedience is the outcome of being rightly related to God. — Oswald Chambers
Steve McQueen is a genius. And I think that word is overused, but I think with Steve it's rightly used. He's a genius. — Lupita Nyong'o
Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs the… — Barack Obama
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds. — Bernard of Clairvaux
Thanks to the euro, our pockets will soon hold solid evidence of a European identity. We need to build on this, and make the euro… — Laurent Fabius
I believe that a nuclear Iraq can change its fundamental dynamic, affecting how others behave - toward us and toward allies such as Israel -… — Sandy Berger
I appreciate our government's determination to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the Bytyqi brothers, which Serbia's Interior Minister has rightly called 'an exceptionally… — John McCain
I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I… — Bob Woodward
Hopelessly uneconomic on any substantial scale, since it requires a conventional power back-up for when the wind stops blowing, forests of wind turbines are rightly… — Nigel Lawson
I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only… — Rene Descartes
From whence it happens, that they which trust to books, do as they that cast up many little sums into a greater, without considering whether… — Thomas Hobbes
Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. (Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum.) — Henry Royce
History, when rightly written, is but a record of providence; and he who would read history rightly, must read it with his eyes constantly fixed… — D. A. Fisher
It is therefore correct to say that the senses do not err — not because they always judge rightly, but because they do not judge… — Immanuel Kant
Without form, communication stops... without form, you have everybody burbling on to themselves, whenever and however, things that no one else can understand and -… — Gerhard Richter
Historically in every recovery, because the president rightly did inherit a recession. But historically, the lagging indicator always deals with employment. — Sean Hannity
The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust. — Abraham Lincoln
Americans rightly asked, if this is the way our government responds to a natural disaster it knew about days in advance, how would it respond… — Russ Carnahan

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