Upright Quotes

212 quotes by 181 authors

A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as… — Alfred Adler
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. — Aesop
A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your… — Pam Brown
It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top. — Deborah Bull
Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune? — Elias Canetti
The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity. — Thomas Carlyle
I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good… — Giacomo Casanova
O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! — Dante Alighieri
Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked… — Chanakya
Jesus was not a whisperer. No one ever saw Him close to His neighbor's ear, looking stealthily around lest some one should overhear what He… — Samuel Logan Brengle
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and… — Henry Ward Beecher
It is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; upright and just, and thus maintain order. — Sun Tzu
All upright Germans will be National Socialists, but only the best National Socialists will be party members! — Adolf Hitler
Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death - the… — Douglas MacArthur
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. — Benjamin Franklin
No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged. — Michel de Montaigne
You will always have to live with yourself, and it is to your best interest to see that you have good company - a clean,… — Orison Swett Marden
If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine. — Thomas a Kempis
It is not the business of the law to make anyone good or reverent or moral or clean or upright. — Murray Rothbard

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