Upright Quotes

212 quotes by 181 authors

A wise man had said that your Christian life is like a three-legged stool. The legs are doctrine, experience and practice, which is obedience; and… — J I Packer
Be firm and upright upon the commands of Allah, work to His obedience and keep away from His disobedience. — Hasan of Basra
I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much. — Eric Dickerson
He alone who walks strict and upright, and who, in matters of opinion, will be contented that others should be as free as himself and… — Thomas Jefferson
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. — Benjamin Franklin
He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin. — Horace
Why are we proud? We are proud, first of all, because from the beginning of this Nation, a man can walk upright, no matter who… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I listen to people talking sometimes, that great river that is language, with all its undercurrents of grammar and nuance, and I wonder how we… — Sarah Dunant
The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of… — Victor Hugo
This life we live nowadays. It's not life, it's stagnation death-in-life. Look at all these bloody houses and the meaningless people inside them. Sometimes I… — George Orwell
It is as hard a thing to maintain a sound understanding, a tender conscience, a lively, gracious, heavenly spirit, and an upright life in the… — Richard Baxter
I've dealt with numbers all my life, of course, and after a while you begin to feel that each number has a personality of its… — Paul Auster
I ask no favors for my sex, I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is that they will take… — Sarah Moore Grimke
(The real brahmin is the one who:) ... has crossed beyond duality ...knows no this shore, other shore, or both ...(is) settled in mind ...… — Gautama Buddha
You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and… — Cyrus the Great
For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons… — Plato
As you keep moving forward, you can stay upright even when outside forces try to pull you down. — Bonnie L. Oscarson
[H]ow was I supposed to get excited about the oppression of females if they couldn't be trusted to stay upright during the final minutes of… — Nick Hornby
In short, Beauty is everywhere. It is not that she is lacking to our eye, but our eyes which fail to perceive her. Beauty is… — Auguste Rodin
The fruits of the earth do not more obviously require labor and cultivation to prepare them for our use and subsistence, than our faculties demand… — Isaac Barrow

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