Rightly Quotes

405 Rightly quotes by 316 unique authors

It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used… — Sakya Pandita
As youth lives in the future, so the adult lives in the past: No one rightly knows how to live in the present. — Franz Grillparzer
I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so. — Michael Gove
Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960's, but it's clear that nowadays they've run out of useful things… — Craig Reucassel
We Americans can be rightly proud of the fact that the right to the free and unfettered exercise of religion is a primary principle in… — Salvatore J. Cordileone
Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever. — James Darren
I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of… — Jean-Claude Duvalier
Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light… — Sue Grafton
Many Liberals are rightly dismayed that on this vital issue of climate change we are not simply without a policy, without any prospect of having… — Malcolm Turnbull
All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own. — Oscar W. Firkins
Americans are rightly concerned about the security and the integrity of the nation's borders because the system is broken. Some are concerned about the possibility… — Chris Cannon
The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as… — Michael Flanders
God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when he is guided rightly and… — John Dryden
To the modern spirit nothing is, or can be rightly known, except relatively and under conditions. — Walter Pater
In literature and in art, alike, this gloomy fashion of regarding Death has been characteristic of Christianity. Death has been painted as a skeleton grasping… — Annie Besant
Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind. — Meher Baba
Often extraordinary excellence, not being rightly conceived, does rather offend than please. — Philip Sidney
Do not imagine that I would disregard that thing that lies beneath the mask... but be sure that when the outside is rightly seen, the… — William Merritt Chase
Sport, rightly conceived, is an occupation carried out by the whole man. — Pope Pius XII
The discussion of prayer is so great that it requires the Father to reveal it, His firstborn Word to teach it, and the Spirit to… — Origen
An act of naming should quite rightly enable me to call any-thing a self-portrait, not only any drawing, 'portrait' or not, but everything that happens… — Jacques Derrida
Unless an action is rightly thought out and its steps rightly planned, every stage of its performance will probably remain vague and therefore unsatisfactory for… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us. — David Steindl-Rast
Our culture rightly admires risk-takers, but we need our 'heed-takers' more than ever. — Susan Cain
Access to information and freedom of access to it may seem like a fundamental right but there are many people who think, rightly or wrongly,… — Alberto Gonzales

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