Upright Quotes

212 Upright quotes by 181 unique authors

You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart,… — Booker T. Washington
To show mercy is not naïve. To hold out against the end of hope is not stupidity or madness. It is fundamentally human. Of course...… — Rick Yancey
In every animal that walks upright, the deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows… — Benjamin Franklin
St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten… — Pope John Paul II
PW spent time with Sigel in a New York recording studio shortly before he went away on his federal gun possession charge. He paged through… — Beanie Sigel
Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler,… — Benjamin Franklin
Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness. — Isaac Barrow
The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into… — Billy Sunday
They have so fundamentally flawed techniques it's ridiculous. They shoot the ball flat. They all stand upright, there's just so many things they do incorrectly. — Rick Barry
Do you know who the upright of heart are? They are those who wish what God wishes. Therefore, do not try to twist God's will… — Saint Augustine
Human beings do not carry civilization in their genes. All that we do carry in our genes are certain capacities- the capacity to learn to… — Margaret Mead
As God can send a nation or people no greater blessing than to give them faithful, sincere and upright ministers, so the greatest curse that… — George Whitefield
Prayer changes from entreaty to thanksgiving, and meditation on the divine truths of faith fills the heart with a sense of jubilation and unimpeachable hope.… — Gregory Palamas
Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright, walking, big brained, super intelligent ape. — Louise Leakey
"Stand still" - keep the posture of an upright man, ready for action, expecting further orders, cheerfully and patiently awaiting the directing voice; and it… — Charles Spurgeon
IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death… — Ambrose Bierce
We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and… — Richard Leakey
The word 'christian' means different things to different people. To one person it means a stiff, upright, inflexible way of life, colorless and unbending. To… — Eugene H. Peterson
The sun is shining, mynah birds are chattering, palm trees are swaying, so what. I'm in the hospital and I'm healthy. My heart is beating… — Kaui Hart Hemmings
The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous. — Confucius
Love is a great thing...which alone maketh every burden light.. Love is watchful, and while sleeping, still keeps watch; though fatigued, it is not weary;… — Thomas a Kempis
To be upright and to have an imagination: that is enough to be a very good young man. — Kenzaburo Oe
At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just an… — Bo Burnham
People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint or sage. They… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in… — Judd Apatow

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