Self Righteous Quotes

92 quotes by 76 authors

Human self-righteousness denies the need for the saving, enabling grace of Christ. Human righteousness embraces the cruelest of Satan's lies, that a person can be… — Paul David Tripp
If we think we are usually good, then God is usually irrelevant... Such thinking ignores the depths of sin in my own heart, and, in… — Edward T Welch
"Sinner" is a present-tense description of everyone, including those who have put their faith in Christ. Of course, those who have called Jesus "Lord" are… — Edward T Welch
Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins. — J C Ryle
Self-righteousness exclaims, "I will not be saved in God's way; I will make a new road to heaven; I will not bow before God's grace;… — Charles Spurgeon
So when we call pain a problem, we claim we do not deserve it. We are even prepared to scuttle God to maintain our own… — John Gerstner
No wonder if such persons look upon imputed righteousness as the shadow of a dream, who esteem those things which evidence its necessity to be… — John Owen
I do not stand here before you as a self-righteous saint who has achieved spiritual perfection, but as a sinner who has received Jesus into… — Thomas J. Paprocki
It needs some intelligence to be truly selfish. The unintelligent can only be self-righteous. — Eric Hoffer
Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost?… — Thomas Sowell
Some virtues, when they become fashions, also become exaggerated. Just because nobody likes a judgmental attitude does not mean that there isn't a sort of… — Criss Jami
There is fascism , leading only into the blackness which it has chosen as its symbol, into smartness and yapping out of orders,and self-righteous brutality,… — E. M. Forster
It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people… — Penn Jillette
I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say. — Bette Midler
Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel… — Dave Van Ronk
The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation. — Charles Spurgeon
I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world. — Caitlin Moran
Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought… — David James Duncan
Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are… — C.S. Lewis
Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to beâ€”or to be indistinguishable fromâ€”self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing… — Neal Stephenson

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