Rightly Quotes

405 Rightly quotes by 316 unique authors

And surely, he that hath taken the true Altitude of Things, and rightly calculated the degenerate state of this Age, is not like to envy… — Thomas Browne
All we can do to prepare rightly for tomorrow is to do the right thing today. — Wendell Berry
The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers… — W. E. B. Du Bois
As for the house, it is scrubbed to the tiniest mousehole before Passover, to avoid such dangers as even a forgotten cake crumb might cause.… — M.F.K. Fisher
Happiness is a by-product of wanting something more than happiness-to be rightly related to God and our neighbor. — Timothy Keller
A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Beer, well respected and rightly consumed, can be a gift of God. It is one of his mysteries, which it was his delight to conceal… — Stephen Mansfield
They the hazers or eversores were rightly called Overturners, since they had themselves been first overturned and perverted, tricked by those same devils who were… — Saint Augustine
Better see rightly on a pound a week than squint on a million. — George Bernard Shaw
A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great… — Edmund Barton
A nasty day! A nasty day! 'Twas thus I heard a critic say Because the skies were bleak and gray— And yet it somehow seemed… — John Kendrick Bangs
No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly; but of what is wrong one is always conscious. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is no hard matter to get children; but after they are born, then begins the trouble, solicitude, and care rightly to train, principle, and… — Michel de Montaigne
Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. — William Shakespeare
No task, rightly done, is truly private. It is part of the world s work. — Woodrow Wilson
The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be… — Henri Frederic Amiel
It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual… — Francesco Guicciardini
Writing itself is a bad enough trade, rightly held up to ridicule and contempt by the greater part of mankind, and especially by those who… — Hilaire Belloc
Most writers are unhappy with film adaptations of their work, and rightly so. 'Field of Dreams,' however, caught the spirit and essence of 'Shoeless Joe'… — W. P. Kinsella
People rightly want our political leaders - on all sides - to concentrate on minimising the damage to jobs, living standards and our savings from… — Lucy Powell
What is essential is to draw the energy of love from your heart and bring it into your mind, as San Exubere said: "it is… — Frederick Lenz
Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the faithful to enter… — Symeon the New Theologian
... men... who say that there is no one in our times and in our midst who is able to keep the Gospel commandments and… — Symeon the New Theologian
... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not acquired the 'mind… — Symeon the New Theologian

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