Quotes about Righteousness

God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself. Votes: 5

Righteousness and generosity are inseparable. The person whose heart longs for God also longs to give to others. Votes: 5

Righteousness exalteth a nation. Votes: 4

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness. Votes: 4

The Saviour comes in the strength of righteousness. Righteousness is at the bottom of all things. Righteousness is thorough; it is the very spirit of unsparing truth. Votes: 4

My future is righteousness. Votes: 3

What does rasta mean? Righteousness. Votes: 3

Righteousness is easy in retrospect. Votes: 3

Righteousness has never precluded adversity. Votes: 3

Sin drains strength. Righteousness gives strength. Votes: 3

Righteousness cannot be born until self-righteousness is dead. Votes: 3

Righteousness is the truth revealed and working in you. Votes: 3

Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable. Votes: 3

Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God. Votes: 3

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness. Votes: 3

The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage. Votes: 3

The values a man must cherish as his life-breath are: Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non violence. Votes: 3

...Forgiveness is Truth itself. It is Righteousness, it is the Veda. It is the supreme virtue in this world... Votes: 3

To whom much is given, much is required. Righteousness exalts a nation...but sin is a reproach to any people Votes: 3

Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in moving mountains - if moving mountains accomplishes God's purposes and is in accordance with His will. Votes: 3

Little faith is enough to see the mountains of sin but not enough to see that Son of Righteousness that shall arise over them. Votes: 3

Righteousness alone can exalt America as a nation. Whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, and encourage it in others. Votes: 3

My sin is the black spot which my bad act makes, seen against the disk of the Sun of Righteousness. Hence religion and sin come and go together. Votes: 3

Cultivate the heart to raise a harvest of Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love. This crop has to be raised in your heart and should be shared with others. Votes: 3

...the title 'Righteousness' is given to God because He assigns what is appropriate to all things; he distributes their due proportion, beauty, rank, arrangement, their proper and fitting place and order... Votes: 3

If many have their turns to rule, ... this will encourage all men to advance Righteousness and that the Commonwealth will hereby be furnished with able and experienced men, fit to govern. Votes: 3

The righteousness of Jesus Christ is one of those great mysteries, which the angels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons that God taught men after the fall. Votes: 3

When you stick to the path of Truth and Righteousness, pain and poverty haunt you. But they are only clouds passing through the sky, hiding for a little time, the splendor of the Sun. Votes: 3

Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another. Votes: 3

Christian hope does not promise successful days to the rich and the strong, but resurrection and life to those who must exist in the shadows of death. Success is no name of God. Righteousness is. Votes: 3

Christian hope does not promise successful days to the rich and the strong, but resurrection and life to those who must exist in the shadows of death. Success is no name of God. Righteousness is. Votes: 3

No Condemnation now I dread,Jesus, and all in Him, is mineAlive in Him, my Living Head,And clothed in Righteousness Divine,Bold I approach th' eternal Throne,And claim the Crown, through Christ my own Votes: 3

Righteousness is a fuel that, when it has some pitch in it of ambitious rivalry and the damper's left open to envy's draught, makes a hot enough fire to cook somebody's goose in quite a hurry. Votes: 3

Man needs to be Saved from his own Wisdom as much as from his own Righteousness, for they produce one and the same corruption. Nothing saves a man from his own righteousness, but that which delivers him from his own wisdom. Votes: 3

A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness. Votes: 3

We have in effect renounced our Worldly citizenship when we receive the King of Kings and the Prince of Peace, Lord of Lords, God of Heaven, Son of Righteousness and the Kingdom of Heaven into our hearts, and have made the Heavenly City our Home! Votes: 3

When a pastor continually makes light of the character of our Lord by speaking in scatological tones about the Son of Man's bodily functions in incarnation or wearing T-Shirts that rather mock the King of Righteousness rather than glorify Him, then something is terribly awry. Votes: 3

As the flower turns to the sun, that the bright beams may aid in perfecting its beauty and symmetry, so should we turn to the Sun of Righteousness, that Heaven's light may shine upon us, that our character may be developed in to the likeness of Christ. Votes: 3

Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great. Votes: 3

The enumeration of human values as five - Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence is not correct. They are all facets of the foundational humanness. They grow together; they are absence of Inner conflicts. How can one have peace when he revels in violence of speach and action? Votes: 3

Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in healing the sick, deaf, or lame - if such healing accomplishes God's purposes and is in accordance with His will. Thus, even with strong faith, many mountains will not be moved. And not all of the sick and infirm will be healed. Votes: 3

Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two nobler virtues, industry and frugality, which tend more to increase the wealth, power and grandeur of the community, than all the others without them. Votes: 3

A taste of righteousness can be easily perverted into an overweening sense of self-righteousness and judgmentalism. Votes: 2

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. Votes: 2

If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded. Votes: 2

Beware of self-righteousness. The black devil of licentiousness destroys his hundreds, but the white devil of self-righteousness destroys his thousands. Votes: 2

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own. Votes: 2

It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer. Votes: 2

And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth! Votes: 2

...a man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous... Votes: 2

There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevation; which often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and. Votes: 2

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Votes: 2

To depend partly upon Christ's righteousness and partly upon our own, is to set one foot upon a. rock and another in the quicksands. Christ will either be to us all in all in point of righteousness, or else nothing at all. Votes: 2

A man may as certainly miscarry by his seeming righteousness and supposed graces, as by gross sins; and that is, when a man doth trust in these as his righteousness before God, for the satisfying His justice, appeasing His wrath, procuring His favor, and obtaining his own pardon. Votes: 2

Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet. Votes: 2

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 righteous by keeping the law. If that were true, there would have been no need for the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Christ. Votes: 2

Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another's keeping. Votes: 2

If your path had been smooth, you would have depended upon your own surefootedness; but God roughened the path, so you have to take hold of His hand. If the weather had been mild, you would have loitered along the watercourses, but at the first howl of the storm you quickened your pace heavenward and wrapped around you the warm robe of Saviour's righteousness. Votes: 2

The saints are sinners still. Our best tears need to be wept over, the strongest faith is mixed with unbelief, our most flaming love is cold compared with what Jesus deserves, and our intensest zeal still lacks the full fervor which the bleeding wounds and pierced heart of the crucified might claim at our hands. Our best things need a sin offering, or they would condemn us. Votes: 2

The price of peace is righteousness. Votes: 1

Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness. Votes: 1

What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind. Votes: 1

Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure. Votes: 1

It take many a year, mon, and maybe some bloodshed must be, but righteousness someday prevail. Votes: 1

My 1974 album 'Mind Over Matter' was a detailed thing about Watergate. I always had some righteous indignation. Votes: 1

Building our homes as fortresses of righteousness for protection from the world takes constant labor and diligence. Votes: 1

If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded. Votes: 1

Self-righteousness, when you think about it, is a contra-indicator of self-esteem. It's what sets in when genuine righteousness eludes us. Votes: 1

Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness. Votes: 1

To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness. Votes: 1

It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer. Votes: 1

I seek truth over a lie; I seek justice over injustice; I seek righteousness over the rewards of evildoers, and I love Allah more than I love the state. Votes: 1

It is not good for us to trust in our merits, in our virtues or our righteousness; but only in God's free pardon, as given us through faith in Jesus Christ. Votes: 1

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time. Votes: 1

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. Votes: 1

It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother's loving example to choose righteousness. Votes: 1

A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met. Votes: 1

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world. Votes: 1

I identify with Superman. I am adopted, I am an only child, and I love the idea that he comes from another world, that he's the ultimate immigrant. He has all these extraordinary powers, and he has a righteousness about him. Votes: 1

One thing about liberals: It doesn't even occur to them that there is another side to an argument. They are so convinced of the righteousness of their own position that it doesn't dawn on them that a reasonable person might have a different viewpoint. Votes: 1

With my physicality and my face, I don't think I could pull off a completely righteous guy. There's something devious about my eyes. I like characters with flaws and to see how they overcome those flaws. I want to play real people, and they're flawed, not perfect. Votes: 1

If men would as fervently seek after love and righteousness as they do after opinions, there would be no strife on earth, and we should be as children of one father, and should need no law or ordinance. For God is not served by any law, but only by obedience. Votes: 1

I like fish, and I also like bear's paws. If I cannot have the two together, I will let the fish go, and take the bear's paws. So, I like life, and I also like righteousness. If I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go, and choose righteousness. Votes: 1

Noah walked with God; he didn't only preach righteousness, he acted it. He went through water and didn't melt. He breasted the current of the popular opinion of his day, scorning alike the hatred and ridicule of the scoffers who mocked at the thought of there being but one way of salvation. Votes: 1

Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but righteousness is required to act with power as we strive to lift souls, to teach and testify, to bless and counsel, and to advance the work of salvation. Votes: 1

My failure to lay aside the sin that so easily entangles is the direct result of my refusal to die to my natural proclivity toward attaining my own freedom, meaning, value, worth, and righteousness - not believing that, by virtue of my Spirit - wrought union with Christ, everything I need, I already possess. Votes: 1

Trust wholly in Christ; rely altogether on His sufferings; beware of seeking to be justified in any other way than by His righteousness. Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient for salvation. There must be atonement made for sin according to the righteousness of God. The person to make this atonement must be God and man. Votes: 1

The truth is, the secular world isn't too enamored with Jesus. And they're not too enamored with someone who is leading people to Jesus. So if you're out there talking about people's sins, and you're talking about righteousness, you will get pushback. Jesus Himself did. The apostles did. I mean, there's persecution all up and down the line. Votes: 1

We need to have complete certainty that things will work out, not because we are righteous or wise, but because of the time, the effort, the prayers, and the tools we are using. From the moment we are given awareness about some bigger picture or mission, we have to have complete focus on what to do to get to that place. Votes: 1

Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge. Votes: 1

Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt. Votes: 0

Self-righteousness in retrospect is easy--also cheap, Votes: 0

It is not righteousness to outrage Votes: 0

Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. Votes: 0

The true cure for self-righteousness is self-knowledge. Votes: 0

Grace does not overlook sin, it empowers righteousness! Votes: 0

The eternal not ourselves that makes for righteousness. Votes: 0

The Spiritual disciplines are wisdom and not righteousness. Votes: 0

God's wrath is his righteousness reacting against unrighteousness. Votes: 0

Light reveals righteousness, and it also reveals sin. Votes: 0

You can drift into sin, but not into righteousness. Votes: 0

Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. Votes: 0

...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness. Votes: 0

Commitment is a curse if it interferes with righteousness. Votes: 0

Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments. Votes: 0

Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. Votes: 0

It's better to gather in righteousness than fellowship with darkness. Votes: 0

When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise. Votes: 0

The deeds of the light are goodness, righteousness and faithfulness Votes: 0

God holds his people responsible for righteousness, not for results. Votes: 0

Peace springs from righteousness in the soul, from upright living. Votes: 0

Let Christ's righteousness and grace, not yours, be your refuge. Votes: 0

Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Votes: 0

An humble soul looks upon Christ's righteousness as his only crown. Votes: 0

Let righteousness cover the earth like the water cover the sea! Votes: 0

God will begin to prosper you, for money always follows righteousness. Votes: 0

Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange. Votes: 0

Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world. Votes: 0

Real faith invariably produces holiness of heart and righteousness of life. Votes: 0

The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation. Votes: 0

Neither the adventure of goodness nor the pursuit of righteousness gets headlines. Votes: 0

Self-righteousness is the devil's masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves. Votes: 0

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness. Votes: 0

I look at the Star of David as a symbol of righteousness. Votes: 0

A sense of righteousness is even more dangerous than a violent temper. Votes: 0

Devotion to God, righteousness and wisdom, will keep us safe on earth. Votes: 0

Regret not that which is past; and trust not to thine own righteousness. Votes: 0

Our works do not generate righteousness, rather our righteousness in Christ generates works. Votes: 0

More evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way. Votes: 0

I am convinced that...in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship. Votes: 0

The passive righteousness of faith frees me from passing final judgment on myself. Votes: 0

Our righteousness doesn't depend on our present performance but on Jesus' finished performance. Votes: 0

Faith is a gift of God bestowed as a reward for personal righteousness. Votes: 0

There is no way to kill a man's righteousness but by his own consent. Votes: 0

In the old, sin contaminates. In the new, righteousness contaminates. It's a different day. Votes: 0

The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel. Votes: 0

Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us. Votes: 0

My righteousness is just as good as Jesus' righteousness, because it IS Jesus' righteousness! Votes: 0

Faith is the means by which the righteousness of Christ is given to us. Votes: 0

Redemption is prior to righteousness. You cannot be righteous until you are first redeemed, Votes: 0

True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Votes: 0

But the line between moral behavior and narcissistic self-righteousness is thin and difficult to discern Votes: 0

The only righteousness that meets the requirements of the Law is the righteousness of Christ. Votes: 0

Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic. Votes: 0

Fight if you must on the path of righteousness and God will be with you. Votes: 0

Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness. Votes: 0

Cultivate humility it is the way of connectedness. Beware of false humility it leads to self-righteousness. Votes: 0

My trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. Votes: 0

The resurrection stands related to righteousness in the same way that death stands related to sin. Votes: 0

May we be faithful followers of Christ, examples of righteousness, thus becoming lights in the world. Votes: 0

People are submissive to power, and few of them can be influenced by doctrines of righteousness. Votes: 0

It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him. Votes: 0

"Honour thy father and thy mother" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness Votes: 0

The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ. Votes: 0

When your sin is exposed, you will run toward confession and forgiveness or self-righteousness and self-justification. Votes: 0

Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none. Votes: 0

Reductionism is a dirty word, and a kind of 'holistier than thou' self-righteousness has become fashionable. Votes: 0

Empathy is an antidote to righteousness, although it's very difficult to empathize across a moral divide Votes: 0

Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God! Votes: 0

There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness. Votes: 0

Let's trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let's lay down our righteousness and just be together. Votes: 0

The flower of youth never appears more beautiful than when it bends toward the sun of righteousness. Votes: 0

Money writes books, money sells them. Give me not righteousness, O Lord, give me money, only money. Votes: 0

Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man. Votes: 0

To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching. Votes: 0

So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness! Votes: 0

It is not enough to be delivered from sin; it is enough to be delivered to righteousness. Votes: 0

It is the "try" that is more often counted for righteousness and not the success or failure. Votes: 0

For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves. Votes: 0

But there remains the question: what righteousness really is. The method and secret and sweet reasonableness of Jesus. Votes: 0

There must be a corps that will battle for righteousness, for there are endless battalions who serve unrighteousness. Votes: 0

Your fellowship with God never came because of your righteousness. So how could your own righteousness maintain it? Votes: 0

A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith. Votes: 0

No man can put on the robes of Christ’s righteousness till he has taken off his own. Votes: 0

Filial Piety is the principle of Heaven, The righteousness of Earth, And the (proper) conduct of the people. Votes: 0

I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold fast to Christ. Votes: 0

The man who, for party, forsakes righteousness, goes down; and the armed battalions of God march over him. Votes: 0

The Lord needs women who will step forward in righteousness and say, 'Here am I, send me.' Votes: 0

Nothing can damn a man but his own righteousness; nothing can save him but the righteousness of Christ. Votes: 0

Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it. Votes: 0

None are so sinful that they cannot find strength, purity, and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them. Votes: 0

Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice. Votes: 0

Jesus Christ does not save the worthy, but the unworthy. Your plea must not be righteousness but guilt Votes: 0

To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness Votes: 0

I pledged to work for righteousness. God's given me inspiration. God's the boss, he tell me what to do. Votes: 0

In spinning a robe of your own righteousness, before the sun goes down you will find it all unraveled. Votes: 0

Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair. Votes: 0

Good with out evil is like light with out darkness which in turn is like righteousness whith out hope. Votes: 0

the paradox is that God must destroy in us, all illusions of righteousness before he can make us righteous Votes: 0

When you want to become free, your righteousness and anger are much less interesting than they used to be. Votes: 0

Marcus Garvey does not give a snap for anything human but justice, and that which is based upon righteousness. Votes: 0

The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. Votes: 0

The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. Votes: 0

Self-righteousness is the fruit of a low view of God's law and a lite view of your own sin. Votes: 0

Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment. Votes: 0

Before Allah nothing of our material existence impresses Allah. It is our righteousness and our uprightness alone that impresses God. Votes: 0

Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion. Votes: 0

At the cross, the worst about us-our sins-was laid upon Christ, and the best about Him-His righteousness-was laid upon us. Votes: 0

The Law saith, Where is thy righteousness, goodness, and satisfaction? The Gospel saith, Christ is thy righteousness, goodness, and satisfaction. Votes: 0

Don’t get discouraged if you stumble at times. The first step to walking in righteousness is simply to try. Votes: 0

There is no mercy in trading life for life. And certainly no righteousness. Mercy, once given, cannot be taken back. Votes: 0

God never alters the robe of righteousness to fit the man. Rather He alters the man to fit the robe. Votes: 0

To hunger and thirst after righteousness is when nothing in the world can fascinate us so much as being near God. Votes: 0

Do we need more laws? God forbid! We need more righteousness, more freedom, and more godly men -- and fewer laws. Votes: 0

The irreligious don't repent at all and the religious only repent of sins. But Christians repent of their wrongfully placed righteousness. Votes: 0

But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness. Votes: 0

One ounce of the practice of righteousness and of spiritual Self-realisation outweighs tons and tons of frothy talk and nonsensical sentiments. Votes: 0

Personal righteousness is a choice. Faith is a gift from God, and one possessed of it can receive enormous spiritual power. Votes: 0

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard. Votes: 0

Every doer of the law and every moral worker is accursed, for he walketh in the presumption of his own righteousness. Votes: 0

Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart. Votes: 0

In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness. Votes: 0

I would employ the wise and strong of the empire, using righteousness to lead them. In this way, nothing is impossible. Votes: 0

There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess. Votes: 0

I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. Votes: 0

A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good. Votes: 0

America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture. Votes: 0

Rest assured: Before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we need; before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we have. Votes: 0

When you get so tired that you realize you cannot generate righteousness, come on back and I'll tell you about a gift. Votes: 0

God doesn't slack his promises because of our sins or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either. Votes: 0

Obedience insures greatness, whilst disobedience leads to a repulse. Whosoever possesseth the qualities of righteousness placeth his head on the threshold of obedience. Votes: 0

Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility. Votes: 0

Though it may seem overdue, righteousness is always rewarded. Don't be impatient with God. He'll never forget to reward your efforts for Him. Votes: 0

Idealism is frequently another word for self-righteousness, a disease that can only be corrected by a profound understanding power in its complete sense. Votes: 0

I was deepening my understanding of what we call the cultural commission, the command to take dominion and bring righteousness to our culture. Votes: 0

In business, ruthlessness is righteousness.Seldom are there those, whom are ruthlessly righteous.Listen to these people, before the Earth repents of mankind. Votes: 0

Christianity doesn't offer a smooth flight; it provides a safe landing. The promise of Jesus is not one of happiness, He promises righteousness. Votes: 0

With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong. Votes: 0

Seeking Heaven through righteousness is not seeking righteousness, but something else;--it is not loving goodness for goodness' sake, but for its rewards. Votes: 0

In the Church, great wonders daily occur, such as the forgiveness of sins, triumph over death ... the gift of righteousness and eternal life. Votes: 0

Since we are all naturally prone to hypocrisy, any empty semblance of righteousness is quite enough to satisfy us instead of righteousness itself. Votes: 0

But somehow in identifying myself as the healer, there was still a seed of both self-righteousness and defense from a kind of emptiness. Votes: 0

He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love. Votes: 0

Let no one flatter himself; of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God. Votes: 0

He that serves God is resigned up into him, and in all things has respect to truth and righteousness, and will promote that. Votes: 0

When I first saw tap dancing, I immediately got it: the righteousness of being able to make so much noise with your feet! Votes: 0

We have to find in Christ, not a mask that conceals our face, but an entire wardrobe of clothing, which is His righteousness. Votes: 0

So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness. Votes: 0

The Bible says, "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost" Votes: 0

We have no excuse to deviate from the paths of righteousness. If we hold fast to the iron rod, we cannot be deceived. Votes: 0

We are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs 'down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.' Votes: 0

I think religion is a mistake - I'm exhausted by its self-righteousness. I think atheists should start screaming for attention like religious folks do. Votes: 0

It is not enough simply to try to resist evil or empty our lives of sin. We must also fill our lives with righteousness Votes: 0

For me, Rama and Rahim are one and the same deity. I acknowledge no other God but the one God of truth and righteousness. Votes: 0

As children of the Lord we should strive every day to rise to a higher level of personal righteousness in all of our actions. Votes: 0

Christ's atonement fully satisfied the demands of God's righteousness, so forgiveness and mercy are guaranteed to those who receive Christ in humble, repentant faith. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America. Votes: 0

When you get honest with God, you can exchange the fig leaves you used to cover your sin with the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or the full cursing for wickedness. Votes: 0

This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus. Votes: 0

Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours. Votes: 0

The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the righteousness of men. Votes: 0

The task must be to banish from mankind's thought the idea that anybody has the right to use force against righteousness, against justice, against mutual agreements. Votes: 0

I would encourage them never to forget that they were not always vegans. The self-righteousness of the recently converted hurts, it does not help, other animals. Votes: 0

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Votes: 0

Man's want of original righteousness and of holy affections toward God, and the corruption of his moral nature and his bias toward evil is called depravity Votes: 0

I want families to come together, and on the corporate side, I want you to know that there are men out here who stand for righteousness. Votes: 0

God will restore his planet and his children to their Garden of Eden splendor. It'll be perfect. Perfect in grandeur. Perfect in righteousness. Perfect in harmony. Votes: 0

Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to God. Votes: 0

When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous grace. Votes: 0

Peter's faith had many a shaking, but it was established upon the truth of his God, upon the person and work and righteousness of Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

I thank God and His Son, Jesus Christ, for the Restoration and its power to propel a magnificent wave of truth and righteousness across the earth. Votes: 0

The gift of being able to speak with a holy God because of the righteousness we gain through Jesus on the cross is an indescribable miracle! Votes: 0

I rest solely in His righteousness and in His atonement because I know there is nothing I can do to make up for my own iniquity. Votes: 0

Friendships are the purer and the more ardent, the nearer they come to the presence of God, the Sun not only of righteousness but of love. Votes: 0

God received from me something He didn't have on His own. My sin. I received something from God I didn't have on my own. His righteousness. Votes: 0

I never really feel wrong while making movies. I know myself, and I know that my intentions are pure and I'm on the side of righteousness. Votes: 0

Unless we ardently and prayerfully devote ourselves to Christ's righteousness we do not only faithlessly revolt from our Creator, but we also abjure him as our Savior. Votes: 0

The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God. Votes: 0

Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures and substitutes righteousness for squeamishness. Votes: 0

We talk religion in a world that worships the bread but does not distribute it, that practices ritual rather than righteousness, that confesses but does not repent. Votes: 0

Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lead to one guillotine or another. Votes: 0

Did any man at his death ever regret his conflicts with himself, his victories over appetite, his scorn of impure pleasure, or his sufferings for righteousness' sake? Votes: 0

The irony is that 'looking down on everybody else' is a violation of the law of love, which, according to Jesus, is the absolute essence of righteousness. Votes: 0

Any moment you're willing to give up your fig leaves, which you think are covering you, God will give you His righteousness, which will really cover you. Votes: 0

The messages our kids receive from teachers, coaches--and even, with the best intentions, from us - can push them toward pride or despair...toward self-righteousness or self-hatred. Votes: 0

One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while adhering to the path of righteousness. Votes: 0

Scholarship has the same relationship to wisdom as righteousness has to holiness: it is cold and dry, it is loveless and knows nodeep feelings of inadequacy or longing. Votes: 0

One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ. Votes: 0

That's the trouble with you preachers," he said. "You've all got too good to believe in anything," and he drove off with a look of disgust and righteousness. Votes: 0

No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. Votes: 0

To depart from righteousness is to choose a life of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments, a life caught in the toils of endless problems that are never resolved. Votes: 0

Christ is the most perfect image of God, into which we are so renewed as to bear the image of God, in knowledge, purity, righteousness, and true holiness. Votes: 0

Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of all false religion in the world. Votes: 0

The Prophet Joseph Smith warned us to "˜beware of self-righteousness' and to enlarge our hearts toward all men and women until we feel "˜to take them upon our shoulders. Votes: 0

No work nor deed of ours whatsoever, no not faith itself, can be the condition of the covenant of grace properly so called; but only Christ's fulfilling all righteousness. Votes: 0

We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet it with care and judgment. Votes: 0

For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all evil-doers root and branch. Votes: 0

To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom. Votes: 0

The righteousness which is by faith in Christ is a loving heart and a loving life, which every man will long to lead who believes really in Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals. Votes: 0

The true Gospel of Jesus Christ is a revelation of how God has taken sinful man and made him a new creature and imparted to him a perfect righteousness. Votes: 0

Will we listen to "Satan, the author of all lies . . . ? Or are we going to believe a loving Heavenly Father, who is the source of all truth and righteousness?" Votes: 0

Believing that you are the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus and simply receiving the gift of no condemnation gives you the power to go and sin no more. Votes: 0

To love righteousness is to make it grow, not to avenge it. Throughout his life on earth, Jesus resisted every impulse to work more rapidly for a lower good. Votes: 0

It seems to me people tend to forget that we are to love our enemies, not to satisfy some standard of righteousness but because God their Father loves them. Votes: 0

We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid. Votes: 0

I dislike the frequent use of the word virtue, instead of righteousness, in the pulpit; in prayer or preaching before a Christian community, it sounds too much like pagan philosophy. Votes: 0

It is an important part of our life’s experience to develop the strength, courage, and integrity to hold fast to truth and righteousness despite the buffeting we may experience. Votes: 0

Whatever in Christ had the nature of satisfaction, was by virtue of His suffering or humiliation; whatever had the nature of merit, was by virtue of His obedience or righteousness. Votes: 0

Occupy' is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America. Votes: 0

When one treats people with benevolence, justice and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders. Votes: 0

There are five signs of righteousness: a gentle disposition and a soft heart, shedding tears of regret, ascetism and not caring about the world, being unambitious, and having a conscience. Votes: 0

Peace is a blessing that comes to those who trust in God. It is established through individual righteousness. True personal peace comes about through eternal vigilance and constant righteous efforts. Votes: 0

True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise. Votes: 0

It is a great truth, " God reigns," and therefore grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord; and, therefore, no sinner on earth need ever despair. Votes: 0

The righteousness of men should be treated with the same respect that one would accord to a rattlesnake. Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. Votes: 0

People talk of the courage of convictions, but in actual life a man's duty to his family may make a rigid course seem a selfish indulgence of his own righteousness. Votes: 0

Let us make of our homes sanctuaries of righteousness, places of prayer, and abodes of love, that we might merit the blessings that can come only from our Heavenly Father. Votes: 0

Our sin is what separates us from God, but it's our self righteousness that keeps us from running to Him for the grace He willingly gives to all who come. Votes: 0

How did they manage to raise their children in righteousness? The principles become part of their lives, and when it becomes part of their life, it isn't difficult to do. Votes: 0

No one will ever go to Hell who has put his trust in Jesus Christ, but many will end up in torment who have trusted their own righteousness and reformation. Votes: 0

The righteousness of God's Kingdom is the product of God's reign in the human heart. God must reign in our lives now if we are to enter the Kingdom tomorrow. Votes: 0

That which of all things unfits man for the reception of Christ as a Savior, is not gross profligacy and outward, vehement transgression, but it is self-complacency, fatal self-righteousness and self-sufficiency. Votes: 0

The greatest job that any mother will ever do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging and rearing her children in righteousness and truth. None other can adequately take her place. Votes: 0

Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, even persecutors, the worst of sinners: his righteousness is sufficient for them; his Spirit is able to purify and change their hearts. Votes: 0

Sometimes people think if someone has depression, that person must be a broken Mormon. We believe that righteousness is happiness, but what happens when people are righteous and they're not happy? Votes: 0

It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law those who do not agree with us. Votes: 0

Smitten as we are with the vision of social righteousness, a God indifferent to everything but adulation, and full of partiality for his individual favorites, lacks an essential element of largeness. Votes: 0

Music is a talent given to me by God. A medium and a platform and a way to spread a message of righteousness... a message of love, a message of unity. Votes: 0

But in all His dealings with His creatures God has maintained the principles of righteousness by revealing sin in its true character-by demonstrating that its sure result is misery and death. Votes: 0

The Angel said, 'Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong, and the one who is filthy still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness. Votes: 0

The sober guy is always going to have this air of arrogance or self-righteousness, but it's not my intention. I just knew that if I drank, I'd have a drinking problem. Votes: 0

My message is love and righteousness and peace and to share and care for yourself and share for others as you would share for yourself. A message of your inner thoughts. Votes: 0

A healthy appetite for righteousness, kept in due control by good manners, is an excellent thing; but to hunger and thirst after it is often merely a symptom of spiritual diabetes. Votes: 0

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. Votes: 0

Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of good works are horizontal, not vertical. Votes: 0

In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward and punishment instrumental in persuading man to obey divine commandments. Votes: 0

Christlike love is the greatest need we have on this planet in part because righteousness was always supposed to accompany it. Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world. Votes: 0

the last degree of honesty has always been, and is still considered incompatible with statesmanship. To hunger and thirst after righteousness has been naturally, as it were, supposed a disqualification for affairs ... Votes: 0

I was, as the prophet said, hungering and thirsting for righteousness. I found it at the eternal and material core of Christianity: body, blood, bread, wine, poured out freely, shared by all. Votes: 0

Since we have placed justification in the revelation of Jesus Christ formed and brought forth in the heart, there working his works of righteousness and bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit. Votes: 0

The righteousness by which we are justified is imputed; the righteousness by which we are sanctified is imparted. The first is our title to heaven, the second is our fitness for heaven. Votes: 0

The subject then of these chapters may be stated thus, - man's only righteousness is through the mercy of God in Christ, which being offered by the Gospel is apprehended by faith. Votes: 0

Bigotry is an odd thing. To be bigoted you have to be absolutely sure you are right and nothing makes that surety and righteousness like continence. Continence is the foe of heresy. Votes: 0

When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives way to carnal appetites, then it is that Satan comes. Votes: 0

I can't help but wonder why we, as Christ professing young women so easily submit our minds and emotions to an industry that openly mocks the purity and righteousness of our Heavenly Prince. Votes: 0

Rest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell. Votes: 0

God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourishes itself on the blood of sinners. But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can be spiritually devastating. Votes: 0

During the tribulation there will be a national turning of Israel to the Lord; they will walk in righteousness. ... God established an everlasting covenant with Israel and it will be of everlasting duration. Votes: 0

To become as perfect as a mortal being can become, we need to bring the mind, body, and spirit into total harmony...We must add to that harmony Christ like love and righteousness. Votes: 0

We acknowledge no righteousness but what the obedience and satisfaction of Christ yields us. His blood, not our faith; his satisfaction, not our believing it, is the matter of our justification before God. Votes: 0

The ultimate success of this government and the stability of its institutions, its progress in all that can make a nation honored, depend upon its adherence to the principles of truth and righteousness. Votes: 0

For godliness is not the consequence of your capacity to imitate God, but the consequence of His capacity to reproduce Himself in you; not self-righteousness, but Christ-righteousness; the righteousness which is by faith Votes: 0

This is the mystery of the riches of divine grace for sinners; for by a wonderful exchange our sins are now not ours but Christ's, and Christ's righteousness is not Christ's but ours. Votes: 0

A community is a butcher and a doctor, a minister, a town troublemaker. A "community" is not a bunch of people united by some grievance. That's just self-righteousness -- incredibly dangerous and antidemocratic. Votes: 0

God has set up a high standard of righteousness. He has made plain a distinction between human and divine wisdom. All who work on Christ's side must work to save, not to destroy. Votes: 0

In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Votes: 0

Third, we could, while denouncing them both as illegal, have acquiesced in them both and thus remained neutral with both sides, although not agreeing with either as to the righteousness of their respective orders. Votes: 0

He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free. Votes: 0

Solemnity in politicians is not only tiresome but may even mask those twin sins - self-righteousness and intolerance - for the opinions of others. If I couldn't laugh, I couldn't live, especially in politics. Votes: 0

Most soulish believers assume an attitude of self-righteousness, though often it is scarcely detectable. They hold tenaciously to their minute opinions we ought to lay aside the small differences and pursue the common objective. Votes: 0

The militancy of men, through all the centuries, has drenched the world with blood. The militancy of women has harmed no human life save the lives of those who fought the battle of righteousness. Votes: 0

We reach the goal not by the stairs, but by the lift..... God pledges his promised righteousness to those who will stop trying to save themselves. Change your thoughts and you change your world. Votes: 0

the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship (angels). Behind the harsh appearance of the world there is a benign power. Votes: 0

If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain. Votes: 0

Be glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. Votes: 0

A family is not built just by marrying a woman and producing children. Family is built with a timeless sacrifice which must represent purity, unity, standard of ethics, righteousness, grace, dignity, divinity and principles. Votes: 0

In the area of social righteousness we cannot be right on the inside and not do it. We cannot! Of course we have people who pretend that they can, but it simply isn't true. Votes: 0

I distrust the perpetually busy; always have. The frenetic ones spinning in tight little circles like poisoned rats. The slower ones, grinding away their fourscore and ten in righteousness and pain. They are the soul-eaters. Votes: 0

Many have been deceived by outward appearances and have proceeded to write and teach about good works and how they justify without even mentioning faith.... Wearying themselves with many works, they never come to righteousness. Votes: 0

A trustworthy marriage has weathered temptation and anger and jealousy, resentment, self-righteousness and a little bit of selfishness. When you get over and get through that, then maybe you can see the light to love. Votes: 0

What joy the gospel gives me! I can approach the throne of God with confidence-not because I've done a good job at my spiritual duties, but because I'm clothed in the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

The universal law of karma ... is that of action and reaction, cause and effect, sowing and reaping. In the course of natural righteousness, man, by his thoughts and actions, becomes the arbiter of his destiny. Votes: 0

We explain justification simply as the acceptance with which God receives us into his favor as righteous men. And we say that it consists in the remission of sins and the imputation of Christ's righteousness. Votes: 0

To meet the serious issues facing us in our respective communities today, we must be examples of virtue and righteousness ourselves and choose today to take our stand on the moral issues which threaten us. Votes: 0

Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have. Votes: 0

Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have. Votes: 0

With every righteous action, we prepare the way for the New Earth on which righteousness will dwell. And bringing justice to those who suffer violence means to bring the light of God's future to them. Votes: 0

whenever you put happiness before righteousness, you will be doomed to misery. That is the great message of the Bible from beginning to end. They alone are truly happy who are seeking to be righteous. Votes: 0

With every righteous action, we prepare the way for the New Earth on which righteousness will dwell. And bringing justice to those who suffer violence means to bring the light of God's future to them. Votes: 0

Consider then, O man! whether there can be anything more wretched and poor, more naked and miserable, than man when he dies, if he be not clothed with Christ's righteousness, and enriched in his God. Votes: 0

Jesus is coming back for a church without a spot or a wrinkle. His righteous blood covers the spots and the wrinkles of those who believe unto righteousness, allowing once sinful men to be holy. Votes: 0

If every call to Christ and His righteousness is a call to suffering, the converse is equally - every call to suffering is a call to Christ, a promotion, an invitation to come up higher. Votes: 0

Knowing about the neurobiological and evolutionary basis for social behavior can soften the arrogance and self-righteousness that often attends discussions of morality. It may help us all to think a little more carefully and rationally. Votes: 0