Quotes about Righteous

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. Votes: 7

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. Votes: 7

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous. Votes: 7

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. Votes: 6

The gods behold all righteous actions. Votes: 5

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions. Votes: 5

The self-righteous never apologize. Votes: 4

There is no such thing as "righteous" anger or justifiable killing. Votes: 4

Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways. Votes: 4

Constitutional government, as designed by the framers, will survive only with a righteous people. Votes: 4

There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother. Votes: 4

It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable. Votes: 4

The power of the priesthood heals, protects, and inoculates all of the righteous against the powers of darkness. Votes: 4

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation. Votes: 4

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven Votes: 4

Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul. Votes: 4

Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions. Votes: 4

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition to sexual freedom is to write letters full of filthy words. Votes: 4

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: 4

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: 4

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us. Votes: 4

when we badly want a thing, we go to hunting for good and righteous reasons for it; we give it that fine name to comfort our consciences, whereas we privately know we are only hunting for plausible ones. Votes: 4

May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young. Votes: 4

Ah, there is nothing more beautiful than the difference between the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a holy being, and the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a self-righteous being. The one is all contempt; the other, all pity. Votes: 4

God declared me righteous! Votes: 3

The righteous shall blossom. Votes: 3

Self-righteous victims invite extra nails. Votes: 3

A righteous husband is a responsible husband. Votes: 3

Those who are self-righteous are not prominent. Votes: 3

I don't know if I'm so righteous. Votes: 3

A righteous wife is a respectful wife. Votes: 3

A respectful woman is a righteous woman. Votes: 3

The righteous one has no sense of humor. Votes: 3

To seek greatness is the only righteous vengeance. Votes: 3

One needs to be right before getting righteous. Votes: 3

God is righteous in making the sinner righteous. Votes: 3

God has nothing to say to the self-righteous. Votes: 3

Time is the best preserver of righteous men. Votes: 3

The Holy God.The righteous God.The supreme God. Votes: 3

Why do early risers always take that self-righteous tone? Votes: 3

I won't be righteous again. I'm not sure anymore. Votes: 3

No other work transcends that of righteous, intentional parenting. Votes: 3

The Gospel declares those who believe righteous and saved. Votes: 3

The righteous ones are always exhausting to have around. Votes: 3

You must never underestimate the power of your righteous influence. Votes: 3

People united in pursuit of a righteous cause are unstoppable Votes: 3

Love increases through righteous restraint and decreases through impulsive indulgence. Votes: 3

The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. Votes: 3

The tale of a righteous leftist - THE BRAND DEMAND Votes: 3

Even in a righteous cause force is a fearful thing. Votes: 3

We can love and do righteous acts only by grace. Votes: 3

It's more important to be righteous than to be right. Votes: 3

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. Votes: 3

Grace is inviting to the unrighteous and threatening to the self-righteous Votes: 3

Do you think you can be righteous and holy with impunity? Votes: 3

There's no one so self-righteous as someone policing someone else's morality. Votes: 3

A righteous father protects his children with his time and presence. Votes: 3

Angels have very nasty tempers. Especially when they’re feeling righteous. Votes: 3

No matter how righteous you are, no matter how carefully you Votes: 3

A righteous person is one who lives for the next generation. Votes: 3

I'm not a leftist; I'm where the righteous ought to be. Votes: 3

When you're righteous, you don't have to tell people that you're righteous. Votes: 3

...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action. Votes: 3

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation. Votes: 3

...the most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages... Votes: 3

More than half described Christians as literalistic, anti-intellectual, judgmental, self-righteous, and bigoted. Votes: 3

By making choices consistent with eternal truth you will develop righteous character. Votes: 3

Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl. Votes: 3

The gap between what is popular and what is righteous is widening. Votes: 3

A righteous wife can make a poor man feel like a king. Votes: 3

most of us have to be self-righteous before we can be righteous. Votes: 3

Our God is righteous enough to judge and kind enough to forgive. Votes: 3

Even the righteous man is just a sinner living in between sins. Votes: 3

If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake. Votes: 3

Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God's love will. Votes: 3

The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness. Votes: 3

Every righteous man or woman is entitled to revelation concerning his own affairs. Votes: 3

Whoever raises a righteous child, it is as if he did not die. Votes: 3

Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste. Votes: 3

The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong. Votes: 3

How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall. Votes: 3

The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him. Votes: 3

Well how can a holy, just, righteous God allow sin into His presence? Votes: 3

Leaders need to cultivate two things: a righteous heart and a rhinoceros skin. Votes: 3

The gods see the deeds of the righteous. [Lat., Di pia facta vident.] Votes: 3

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked. Votes: 3

O time! whose verdicts mock our own, the only righteous judge art thou! Votes: 3

The best of knowledge and righteous acts are those hidden to the people. Votes: 3

Young people like to feel self-righteous, like they're on the right side of things. Votes: 3

Whosoever loveth wisdom is righteous, but he that keepeth company with fowl is weird. Votes: 3

When the righteous rule, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan. Votes: 3

The lips of the righteous teach many, but fools die for want of wisdom. Votes: 3

Justification is God's declaration that we, though guilty sinners, are righteous in God's eyes. Votes: 3

The righteous man takes his life in his hand whenever he utters the truth. Votes: 3

I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation. Votes: 3

Redemption is prior to righteousness. You cannot be righteous until you are first redeemed, Votes: 3

We should do only those righteous actions which we cannot stop ourselves from doing ... Votes: 3

I'm a citizen of the only righteous nation in the Universe-the Kingdom of Jesus Christ! Votes: 3

Servants, when their lords no longer sway, Their minds no more to righteous courses bend. Votes: 3

Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness. Votes: 3

Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering. Votes: 3

I do believe that America's deepest political sickness is that it is a self-righteous nation. Votes: 3

Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption. Votes: 3

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty. Votes: 3

A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame. Votes: 3

A righteous God isn't bound by time. He has an eternity to make things right. Votes: 3

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty. Votes: 3

The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate. Votes: 3

It is not enough for a movie to be righteous. It must also be watchable. Votes: 3

There are times when you simply have to righteous hang on and outlast the devil. Votes: 3

I have tried to be righteous all my life. Yet I have never been content. Votes: 3

In scorching heat of reality, Thou hast unfolds a shade of thyself for the righteous. Votes: 3

The witness of solid moral character to a righteous way of life must never be underestimated. Votes: 3

Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature. Votes: 3

The sooner we can separate salvageable skeptics from self-righteous absolutists, the sooner we can move along. Votes: 3

The atmospheric intensity of two electric lovers is the most righteous place I need to rediscover. Votes: 3

The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you're right, you're still left feeling indignant. Votes: 3

There is nothing that robs a righteous cause of its strength more than a millionaire's money. Votes: 3

Censors are energetic and righteous people but they just couldn't work a room like Abbe Lane. Votes: 3

Artha - attainment of wealth, material prosperity,Its realization on righteous and moral basis be;- 5 - Votes: 3

There's no one more obnoxious and self-righteous than the self-made man. And no one more admirable. Votes: 3

In every generation the number of the righteous is small. Be sure you are among them. Votes: 3

I must kill some memories,the heavy ones first and aftermake righteous of my un-even soul. Votes: 3

All anger feels like righteous anger; sorrow does not care whether it is righteous or not. Votes: 3

We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam. Votes: 3

We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along. Votes: 3

Those who know their unworthiness seize grace as a hungry man seizes bread: the self-righteous resent grace. Votes: 3

My 1974 album 'Mind Over Matter' was a detailed thing about Watergate. I always had some righteous indignation. Votes: 3

Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear. Votes: 3

Happiness is a condition of the soul. This joyous state comes as a result of righteous living. Votes: 3

Awful as the consideration of eternity is, it is a source of great consolation to the righteous. Votes: 3

What's disgusting about the Dirty Harry movies is that Eastwood plays this angry tension as righteous indignation. Votes: 3

Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running. Votes: 3

Be grateful that your righteous life molds you so that you don't fit where you don't belong Votes: 3

The world has no idea how much it owes to the presence of righteous men in it. Votes: 3

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food Votes: 3

Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup. Votes: 3

The most powerful teaching a child will ever receive will come from concerned and righteous fathers and mothers. Votes: 3

Silent white light filled the world. And the righteous and unrighteous alike were consumed in that holy fire. Votes: 3

Home should be a haven of love. Honor, courtesy, and respect symbolize love and characterize the righteous family. Votes: 3

. . . it seems to me certain that more people are killed out of righteous stupidity than out of wickedness. Votes: 3

Anger can be a bitterness that devours your soul while righteous indignation is morally driven, it's ethically driven. Votes: 3

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds. Votes: 3

Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights, drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life. Votes: 3

The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor. Votes: 3

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. Votes: 3

I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight. Votes: 3

Am I self-righteous? Why not? It's not like I can count on you to be righteous for me. Votes: 3

No one can tell what is righteous and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil. Votes: 3

A cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to Hell than a prostitute. Votes: 3

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds. Votes: 3

In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin. Votes: 3

We will wait. We will wait till all is made righteous (glorious) according to the word of God. Votes: 3

HELPED are those who laugh with a pure heart; theirs will be the company of the jolly righteous. Votes: 3

One of the best ways to celebrate righteous history is to make more of it, make more righteous history! Votes: 3

The self-righteous have their fig leaves so tightly bound that they have forgotten the seeping wounds beneath the foliage. Votes: 3

Look at you, standing there in your iron- gray dress, feeling piousand self- righteous while you starve small children! Votes: 3

Nations, as well as individuals, must be virtuous and righteous if they desire to be stable, prosperous, and tranquil. Votes: 3

Our immortal souls, while righteous, are by God himself beautified with the title of his own image and similitude. Votes: 3

ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities. Votes: 3

I'd rather make one righteous dollar on my level Than make a million dollars spittin' rhymes for the devil. Votes: 3

the paradox is that God must destroy in us, all illusions of righteousness before he can make us righteous Votes: 3

If Christians always seemed to be the most intelligent and the most righteous of men, I'd be a skeptic. Votes: 3

In the eternal scheme of things - not always in mortality - righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled. Votes: 3

Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God. Votes: 3

I like to live righteous. And I just want everyone to know I'm not trying to get out of anything. Votes: 3

To love a man enough to help him, you have to forfeit the warm, self-righteous glow that comes from judging. Votes: 3

Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Band Aid was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music. Votes: 3

You've got nothing to worry about. The righteous do not always right, but their souls remain pure. -Lassiter the Angel Votes: 3

I thought that he was righteous, but he's vain. Oh, somethings a telling me I wear the ball and chain. Votes: 3

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family. Votes: 3

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. Votes: 3

The law is for the self-righteous, to humble their pride: the gospel is for the lost, to remove their despair Votes: 3

Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth. Votes: 3

The Seven Deadly Sins are a litany of victimless crimes, compiled to distract attention from the bloody felonies of the righteous. Votes: 3

Self-righteous and entitled but they swearin' on the bible that they love you when really they no different from your rivals. Votes: 3

I find righteous denunciations of the present state of the language no less dismaying than the present state of the language. Votes: 3

The purified righteous man has become a coin of the Lord, and has the impress of his King stamped upon him. Votes: 3

Be a communicator, not a self-righteous proselytizer or preacher. Many people are only concerned with expressing themselves, which isn't necessarily communication. Votes: 3

A rebellion is something that is developing as an explosion coming out of the righteous grievances of a community of people. Votes: 3

A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it. Votes: 3

It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right. Votes: 3

If we had the government we deserved we would have the most righteous government, because we deserve the best - everybody does. Votes: 3

The self-sufficient does not pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. No man is greater than his prayer life. Votes: 3

Prejudice validates itself as righteous abhorrence of the criminally deviant. So Christian homophobia is just a metonym of that abjection in general. Votes: 3

I think every program needs to stand the sunshine of righteous scrutiny. Whether it's Social Security, whether it's Medicaid, whether it's Medicare. Votes: 3

The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions. Votes: 3

I don't like self-righteous people," I say. "What's to like?" says Haymitch, who begins sucking the dregs out of the empty bottles. Votes: 3

History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice. Votes: 3

Even with the trials of life, because of the Savior's Atonement and his grace, righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace. Votes: 3

It's hard not to empathize with the mayor's anger, given the injustices he'd suffered, but righteous anger rarely leads to wise policy. Votes: 3

Is all anger sin? No, but some of it is. Even God Himself has righteous anger against sin, injustice, rebellion and pettiness. Votes: 3

Woman's primary place is in the home, where she is to rear children and abide by the righteous counsel of her husband. Votes: 3

If heaven was created only for the most stupid clown, then Mr Bean could have been the only righteous man on earth. Votes: 3

When you feel deep change in your heart, you must understand that there is a lack of an old and righteous company. Votes: 3

I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world. Votes: 3

I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore. Votes: 3

Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous. Votes: 3

Social engaged intellectuals must accept reality as they found it and shape it toward positive social goals, not stand aside in self-righteous isolation. Votes: 3

Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteous mind. Votes: 3

"Rituals" don't make you righteous, it's uprightness: living up to moral principles and ethical principles, and submitting to universal law established by God. Votes: 3

Watch the too indignantly righteous. Before long you will find them committing or condoning the very offence which they have so fiercely censured. Votes: 3

If God rewarded the righteous immediately, we would soon be engaged in business, not godliness...we would be pursuing not piety,but profit. Votes: 3

Bad guys don't think they're bad guys. Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany. Votes: 3

In another lifetime she must have owned the world, or been faithfully wed to some righteous king who wrote psalms beside moonlit streams. Votes: 3

In business, ruthlessness is righteousness.Seldom are there those, whom are ruthlessly righteous.Listen to these people, before the Earth repents of mankind. Votes: 3

The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God. Votes: 3

This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because it is the theatre of God's righteous Kingdom. Votes: 3

To the self-righteous, being judged according to deeds does not seem too alarming but to the man who knows himself the thought is terrifying. Votes: 3

The Holy Spirit upon my left leads my feet without ceasing into the camp of the righteous and into the tents of the free. Votes: 3

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. Votes: 3

Thou art Justice ne'er for gold May thy righteous laws be sold As laws are in England thou Shield'st alike the high and low. Votes: 3

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Votes: 3

Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted. Votes: 3

Not for the first time in my life, and certainly not for the last, a self-righteous gloom had edged out all semblance of logic. Votes: 3

For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another. Votes: 3

The neglected legacy of the Sixties is just this: unabashed moral certitude, and the purity -- the incredibly outgoing energy -- of righteous rage. Votes: 3

The world isn't fair, but as long as it's tilting in my direction, I find that there's a natural cap to my righteous indignation. Votes: 3

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Votes: 3

As I've gotten less righteous, less pedagogic, I have become more loving of the artificiality, the art form, the imitation of life in film. Votes: 3

I also feel like I've done plenty of wrong things. I'm not innocent here, and I'm certainly not going to be righteous about that. Votes: 3

If you don't have a righteous objective,eventually you will suffer. When you do the right thing for the right reason,the right result awaits. Votes: 3

Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive. Votes: 3

Brigham Young observed, "Man's machinery makes things alike" (JD 9:370), while God gives to seemingly like individuals pleasing differences. Secularism is no friend of righteous individuality. Votes: 3

One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring. Votes: 3

Joseph is the wearisomest and self-righteous Pharisee who ever ransacked the Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses on his neighbor. Votes: 3

For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he is fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another. Votes: 3

To my way of thinking, the slavery issue is just an excuse to allow some people to do hateful things and feel righteous about it. Votes: 3

I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous. Votes: 3

The Lord will give His righteous servants opportunities to be bold as lions when they speak in His name and as witnesses in His priesthood. Votes: 3

Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life." Votes: 3

Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life. Votes: 3

It is silly to call fat people ''gravitationally challenged'' - a self-righteous fetishism of language which is no more than a symptom of political frustration. Votes: 3

To be individually righteous is the first of all duties, come what may to ones self, to one's country, to society, and to civilization itself. Votes: 3

Leadership was not an act of bravery but rather forbearance and the strength to move forward with humility in the belief of what is righteous Votes: 3

The reason people hate America is because they don't like being treated like garbage by arrogant, pompous, hypocritical, self-righteous, duplicitous, imperialist political and bureaucratic hacks. Votes: 3

A God who punishes disobedience will teach us to obey and endure when it would be holy to protest and righteous to refuse to cooperate. Votes: 3

The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic background. Votes: 3

How can we expect fate to let a righteous cause prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous cause? Votes: 3

In God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million truths and one lie. Votes: 3

Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does. Votes: 3

We are accountable for our actions as we exercise our moral agency. If we understand this principle and make righteous choices, our lives will be blessed. Votes: 3

It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end. Votes: 3

Lord, give us righteous judges who will not try to legislate and dominate this society. Take control, Lord! We ask for additional vacancies on the court. Votes: 3

That which may have sounded like righteous teaching when it was remote and wordy, will be challenged afresh when it is obliged to simulate life itself. Votes: 3

To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or at least put them in proper focus. Votes: 3

We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment because charity is the sign of a righteous man. Votes: 3

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor. Votes: 3

Heretics were most often bitterly persecuted for the their least deviation from accepted belief. It was precisely their obstinacy about trifles that irritated the righteous to madness. Votes: 3

We must reacquaint ourselves with the biblical weight of the problem that we less-than-perfect human beings contend with in the face of a holy and righteous God. Votes: 3

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16) Votes: 3

In order to be true to one's conscience and true to God, a righteous man has no alternative but to refuse to cooperate with an evil system. Votes: 3

If you think that you are where you are just because you worked hard, it is easy to become self-righteous and make classist moral judgments about others. Votes: 3

No enduring improvement can occur without righteous exercise of agency. Do not attempt to override agency. The Lord himself would not do that. Forced obedience yields no blessings. Votes: 3

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 in that danger. Votes: 3

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language! Votes: 3

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. Votes: 3

No person I have ever met, not even the most righteous or pure of heart, has gone without those times when faith recedes in the busy-ness of life. Votes: 3

Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will become a righteous Christian or Jew. Votes: 3

What will help you to press forward and continually hold fast to the iron rod? Center your life on the Savior and develop daily habits of righteous living. Votes: 3

The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of pious fear of God. Votes: 3

This, then, is true liberty: the joy that comes in doing what is right. At the same time, it is also devoted service in obedience to righteous precept. Votes: 3

God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous. Votes: 3

If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour's eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour's case. Votes: 3

We are ashamed of our fear; for we know that a righteous man would not suspect danger nor incur any. Wherever a man feels fear, there is an avenger. Votes: 3

Don't water your testimony with your righteous expectations of church members. Their imperfection will disappoint you every time and cause you to leave every church you try to join. Votes: 3

I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those censorious, self-righteous people around me. In each of us there is a little of all of us. Votes: 3

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? and (3) What are the hard facts?. Votes: 3

I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When we went through our zealous, self-righteous period it didn't exactly win us any friends. Votes: 3

With our sympathy for the wrongdoer we need the old Puritan and Quaker hatred of wrongdoing; with our just tolerance of men and opinions a righteous abhorrence of sin. Votes: 3

[Walter Burns is] the archetypal managing editor-ruthless, self-righteous, manipulative, downright maniacal if it means an exclusive, especially one that it can congratulate itself for on its own front page. Votes: 3

Faith in reason as a prime motor is no longer the criterion of the sound mind, any more than faith in the Bible is the criterion of righteous intention. Votes: 3

My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning. Votes: 3

Men are not made religious by performing certain actions which are externally good, but they must first have righteous principles, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions. Votes: 3

I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause. Votes: 3

Judging others is too often escapism dressed in the garb of righteous indignation, whereby I dutifully point out in others that which I probably should be pointing out in myself. Votes: 3

In their role as celestial servants to humans on earth, Angels act variously as guardians, guides, teachers, truth-givers and comforters, protectors of the righteous, punishers of the wicked, and more. Votes: 3

Truth is congenial to man. Moral truth is then most consummate when, like beauty, it commends itself without argument. The righteous not only does right, but loves to do right. Votes: 3

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: 3

Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism Votes: 3

Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism. Votes: 3

Love is the ark appointed for the righteous, Which annuls the danger and provides a way of escape. Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment intuition. Votes: 3

Nothing that man ever invents will absolve him from the universal necessity of being good as God is good, righteous as God is righteous, and holy as God is holy. Votes: 3

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those that do evil. Votes: 3

The real moments that changed the world are when church members miss the meaning of a whole sermon, and take no accountability for the testimonies they damage, by being self-righteous. Votes: 3

Aye me, how many perils do enfoldThe righteous man, to make him daily fall?Were not, that heavenly grace doth him uphold,And steadfast truth acquite him out of all. Votes: 3

...Emma Morley wasn't such a paragon either: pretentious, petulant, lazy, speechifying, judgmental. Self-pitying, self righteous, self-important, all the selfs except self-confident, the quality that she had always needed the most. Votes: 3

Live the principles and the values. Almost nobody in America is living them. Learn the truth. Live the life of our founders. Be a decent, righteous, forthright honest man or woman. Votes: 3

Everybody likes to hold up a really big righteous sword when people make mistakes. Well guess what, now it's recorded and everyone has access to it... so let's stop judging people. Votes: 3

Peace is the precious fruit of a righteous life. It is possible because of the Atonement of the Savior. It is earned through full repentance, for that leads to refreshing forgiveness. Votes: 3

And ladies, build up your husband by being submissive. That's how you will give your children success; you will want your children to be obedient, to be submissive to righteous living. Votes: 3

I still have a righteous indignation at injustice, no matter what form it takes. It could be homophobia, it could be white supremacy, male supremacy, imperial arrogance, class subordination or whatever. Votes: 3

Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves ?Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here ?Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change ? Votes: 3

I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills, down to the bone and intense. Votes: 3

You know how great villains just believe in what they're doing? In their minds they're not villains, they're not doing anything wrong; they're just self-righteous in their dedication to their cause. Votes: 3

There is no such thing as accomplishing a righteous reform by the use of "expediency." There is no such thing as sliding up- hill.In morals the only sliders are backsliders. Votes: 3

[T]he moralists of Europe [have] pretended that beasts have no rights... a doctrine revolting/gross/barbarous... on which a native of the Asiatic uplands could not look without righteous horror... Votes: 3

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: 3

Some days you feel like you're the worst of sinners; others like you're the most righteous person on earth. I am convinced that the former is when you're closest to God. Votes: 3

Donald [Driver] is a good guy, a righteous guy. I have no beef with him. But I have multiple sources on this; people not connected with one another who verified it. Votes: 3

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: 3

Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day. Votes: 3

Sheldon Vanauken wrote that the strongest argument for Christianity is Christians, when they are drawing life from God. The strongest argument against Christianity? Also Christians, when they become exclusive, self-righteous, and complacent. Votes: 3

intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force. Votes: 3

The Lord clearly defined the roles of providing for and rearing a righteous posterity. In the beginning, Adam, not Eve, was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow. Votes: 3

Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be"”or to be indistinguishable from"”self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time. Votes: 3

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 his heart as his Lord and Savior. Votes: 3

How blessed and amazing are God's gifts, dear friends! Life with immortality, splendor with righteous, truth with confidence, faith with assurance, self-control with holiness! And all these things are within our comprehension. Votes: 3

The Statist veils his pursuits in moral indignation, intoning in high dudgeon the injustices and inequities of liberty and life itself, for which only he can provide justice and bring a righteous resolution. Votes: 3

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith. Votes: 3

We refuse to have our conscience bound by any work or law, so that by doing this or that we should be righteous, or leaving this or that undone we should be damned. Votes: 3

When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is that we are kept from much evil. Votes: 3

Because the path of the righteous man was never supposed to be easy,' I whispered. 'Those who are chosen by the Lord are given a hard journey. The rewards will come later. Votes: 3

I suppose the good artists, the righteous artists, somehow manage to be exuberant, and the embarrassed artist has this idea that everybody has to stop being so excited, which I find so distasteful. Votes: 3

The real issue lies in the North beyond the Wall. Stannis becomes one of the few characters fully to understand that, which is why in spite of everything he is a righteous man. Votes: 3

No man can have anything better after faith than a woman of righteous character, loving and child-bearing. And no man can have anything worse after unbelief than a sharp-tongued woman of bad character. Votes: 3

I think that war is diplomacy. There have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons and there are wars that have had to be fought. Indeed, there will continue to be. Votes: 3

When the Left agitates over government policies, it's considered righteous anger. When the Right - and much of the center - agitate, it's painted as the rantings of the criminally and violently insane. Votes: 3

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: 3

God shall not pity them but laugh at their calamity. The righteous company in heaven shall rejoice in the execution of God's judgment, and shall sing while the smoke riseth up for ever. Votes: 3

Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail. It is the deepest faith we have, and the unbeliever- the blasphemer, the dissenter- will stimulate in us the most righteous of furies. Votes: 3

And I think that's righteous, I think that's what parents want to know. They want to know what's going right in the school, and what needs improvement, and that's what this law does. Votes: 3

Two people pass each other. As one looks upon the other's skin color, the other is looking back at their appearance. Both justifying, how better and righteous they are, in their own insecurities. Votes: 3

A Christianity that does not have as its primary focus the deepening of passions for God is a false Christianity, no matter how zealously it seeks conversions or how forcefully it advocates righteous behavior. Votes: 3

what we need in the world is manners ... I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners, we might get a little further. It sounds less righteous and more practical. Votes: 3

Earn the respect and confidence of your children through your loving relationship with them. A righteous father protects his children with his time and presence in their social, educational, and spiritual activities and responsibilities. Votes: 3

Daddy, said the toddler, now seething with righteous indignation, you are a poo-poo head!Feigning outrage, JFK lowered his voiceJohn, he said, no one calls the President of the United States a poo-poo head. Votes: 3

It's a real smug self-righteous punk kid saying nobody has the right to tell him what to do and how dare you put a sign up saying that I can't go on your property? Votes: 3

The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. Whereas the groanings of the righteous are but short, and their jubilee and triumph shall be everlasting. Votes: 3

Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee. Votes: 3

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: 3

As a kid, sometimes you have nobody to turn to. I could always go back to some of the sermons and talk to myself in a righteous manner and put that in a song. Votes: 3

I hope you get a message of love and to continue the love and continue the spirit that I'm trying to transmit to you in a righteous sense to be in one unity. Rastafari! Votes: 3

Dyan Favre, Brett's nephew, is also a gem. Not just a favorite person from the book - a favorite person, period. I actually wound up writing this about him. Simply a good, righteous man. Votes: 3

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: 3

The most paradoxical aspect of neurotic shame is that it is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved, the star and the scapegoat, the righteous and the wretched, the powerful and the pathetic. Votes: 3

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: 3

Oasis were the last great, traditional rock-n'-roll band. We came along before the Internet so, if you wanted to see us, you had to be there. It makes me feel like a righteous old man. Votes: 3

A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems. Votes: 3

The minority who actually loves its work seems to be made up chiefly of the writers, dancers, actors and other artists, most scientists above the technician-troll level, computer freaks, and the righteous dope-dealers of California. Votes: 3

Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth. Votes: 3

People who lie, particularly those who lie really big, can't do it effectively unless they feel that there's a righteous power behind what they're doing. You're entitled to lie because the end justifies the means. Votes: 3

I realized that my righteous indignation was a form of entertainment for me. I loved getting pissed off at injustice. I didn't do anything about it, I just liked the feeling of being pissed off. Votes: 3

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: 3

The virtuous shall have the power to revive and live again. All pure and holy spirits live on in heavenly places, and in course of time they are again sent down to inhabit righteous bodies Votes: 3

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: 3

He didn't mind if she hated him. They were never going to be a cute romantic couple like Sam and Astrid. Clean-cut, righteous, all that. The perfect couple. He and Diana were the imperfect couple. Votes: 3

The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people. Votes: 3

We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each. Votes: 3

The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be? Votes: 3

Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much wealth; ostentation in (good) deeds; and pride in their own intelligence. Votes: 3

Deeds are the pulse of Time, his beating life, And righteous or unrighteous, being done, Must throb in after-throbs till Time itself Be laid in stillness, and the universe Quiver and breathe upon no mirror more. Votes: 3

Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny. Votes: 3

The blessings of the priesthood are available to every righteous man and woman. We may all receive the Holy Ghost, obtain personal revelation, and be endowed in the temple, from which we emerge 'armed' with power. Votes: 3

These people are often authoritarian and rigid in their views, exerting power over others in an effort to keep others from having power over them. Persecutors may act grandiose and self-righteous to mask their own insecurity. Votes: 3

The call of repentance is for the righteous and unrighteous, the godly and ungodly alike. If the righteous had been the lights they were called to be, the nation would never have fallen as it did. Votes: 3

Even as the holy and the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each one of you, so the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also. Votes: 3

Never trust a southerner. No, I`m kidding. They`re wonderful. You want to believe in his niceness and his charm, but he`s an evil kind of crazy man who`s righteous. Fear the righteous. Votes: 3

Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. Votes: 3

The irony of Christianity is that believers get so angry, and self righteous toward other Christians who sin differently than they do. Christianity is like one large fraternity where brother and sisterhood is tested by hazing." Votes: 3

Biblical righteousness is more than a private and personal affair; it includes social righteousness as well....Thus Christians are committed to hunger for righteousness in the whole human community as something pleasing to a righteous God. Votes: 3

What I'm trying to do is be righteous. And when I say “righteous,— I don't mean God. You know? God- Righteous. I mean just when I wake up, I know I was honest to myself. Votes: 3

Many Christians are unthinkably horrified when a real sinner is suddenly discovered among the righteous. So we remain alone with our sin, living in lies and hypocrisy...He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. Votes: 3

The resurrection morning is a true sun-rising, the inbursting of a cloudless sky on all the righteous dead. They wake transfigured, at their Maker's call, with the fashion of their countenance altered and shining like His own. Votes: 3

Family councils, led by righteous, loving parents who are striving to teach their children to love and respect each other, can make a difference in creating a sense of discipline, order and loving cooperation in the home. Votes: 3

It is during a time of failure we bury a past and resurrect a future. Becoming righteous, discerning, and wise are our most prized possessions and across every cultures-this is the greatest feat of all human life. Votes: 3

There exists a righteous unity between the temple and the home. Understanding the eternal nature of the temple will draw you to your family; understanding the eternal nature of the family will draw you to the temple. Votes: 3

An attitude of permanent indignation signifies great mental poverty. Politics compels it votaries to take that line and you can see their minds growing more impoverished every day, from one burst of righteous indignation to the next. Votes: 3

No matter how righteous you are, no matter how carefully youcultivate the companionship of the Holy Ghost, there are vast amounts of knowledge which you need to acquireand which you are not going to receive through revelation. Votes: 3

It was the seventh deadly sin. My children weren't righteous. They stumbled because I was evil. The way I was raising them they could never be saved. They were doomed to perish in the fires of hell. Votes: 3

Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action. Votes: 3

For reasons known to the Lord, some women are required to wait to have children. This delay is not easy for any righteous woman. But the Lord's timetable for each of us does not negate our nature. Votes: 3

Oasis were the last great, traditional rock 'n' roll band. We came along before the Internet so, if you wanted to see us, you had to be there. It makes me feel like a righteous old man. Votes: 3

Never stop hoping for all of the righteous desires of your heart. But don't close your eyes and hearts to the simple and elegant beauties of each day's ordinary moments that make up a rich, well-lived life Votes: 3

Life isn't like the movies. People don't change overnight. people don't go from arrogant and self-righteous to ashamed and remorseful. They don't suddenly give in when they've spent years taking out. No doesn't magically become a Yes. Votes: 3

Those of us who are today prepared to hazard our lives for the cause would regret having raised a finger, if we were able to organize only a new social system and not a more righteous one. Votes: 3

Me can't be prejudice. Me can't me no think of life that way. Because, me figure if you prejudice, that mean you have a hate. If you have a hate inside of you, you can't be righteous. Votes: 3

Sometimes when we see or hear of a need, there is nothing we can do to help. Sometimes the only thing we can do is pray. But never underestimate the power of the prayers of the righteous. Votes: 3

I was so obsessed and consumed with my grievances that I could not get away from myself and think things out in the light. I was in the grip of that blinding, destructive, terrible thing -- righteous indignation. Votes: 3

All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not. Votes: 3

You give Europeans once again 'all benefits that they can eat', you make them work shorter hours, and you give more money, and they'd be back in a self-congratulatory, self-righteous mode; damned be the rest of the world. Votes: 3

I hate being moved. I hate that man who came in. So self-righteous, so cruel. He made fun of me, that's why I cried. You never did that. You led me into temptation by your — politeness. Votes: 3

I wish that some way could be found to add up all the staggering costs imposed on millions of ordinary people, just so a relative handful of self-righteous environmental cultists can go around feeling puffed up with themselves. Votes: 3

Satan has declared war on motherhood. He knows that those who rock the cradle can rock his earthly empire. And he knows that without righteous mothers loving and leading the next generation, the Kingdom of God will fail. Votes: 3

Maharajji told me, 'Give up anger and I'll help you.' I found that love freed me back into the ocean of love and my righteous anger didn't do that. And I would rather be free than right. Votes: 3

Of all the opportunities my priesthood authority affords, there is none grander than the privilege of being in one of our temples and representing the Master in officiating in the marriage of two of His worthy, righteous children. Votes: 3

One reason we rush so quickly to the vulgar satisfactions of judgment, and love to revel in our righteous outrage, is that it spares us from the impotent pain of empathy, and the harder, messier work of understanding. Votes: 3

Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way. Votes: 3

The call of repentance is for the righteous and the unrighteous, the godly and the ungodly alike. If the righteous had been the lights they were called to be, the nation would never have fallen as it did." Votes: 3

My books have very few villains pretending to be righteous, but they are filled with good people who have pretended to be villains so well that they believe it themselves. This is how I like to view reality. Votes: 3

The Old Testament teaches us that if we humble ourselves and pray, God will hear from heaven and heal our land. And the New Testament assures us that the fervent prayers of righteous men can make a difference. Votes: 3

When I believe in Jesus, I am united to Christ. Therefore, what he did and achieved becomes mine by this union through faith alone. His righteous life is imputed to me. What Christ achieved is counted as mine. Votes: 3

Modern conveniences grant us more free time to focus on spiritual needs and devote more time to personal service. But the basic element which should never change in the lives of righteous young women is giving service to others. Votes: 3

Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority to rule; and unless the majority represents sane, righteous, unselfish public sentiment, it has no inherent right. Votes: 3

Each additional day together is a gift. The end of the day means the end of hostilities, the recognition that the underlying shared values and commitment to the relationship trump the need for one last dig or self-righteous justification. Votes: 3

Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows in perception if not in reality. The best response to terror is righteous anger, confidence in ultimate justice, a refusal to be intimidated. Votes: 3

The thing I always say to any writer that I'm working with is: Just make sure that in any argument, EVERYONE is right. I want every single person arguing a righteous side of the argument. That makes interesting drama. Votes: 3

One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, 'Do this,' and it is never done. Grace says, 'Believe in this,' and everything is already done. Votes: 3

[D]on't cling to your self-righteous suffering, let it go. . . . Nothing is too good to be true, let yourself be forgiven. To the degree you insist that you must suffer, you insist on the suffering of others as well. (90) Votes: 3

He has made us the master organizers of the world . . . to overwhelm the forces of reaction throught the earth . . . . This is the divine mission of America . . . . We are trustees of the world's progress, guardians of its righteous peace. [Progressive] Votes: 3

And in these last hours, the lifetime of this year passes before my eyes, and I face the inevitable question: Did I live it well? Will Jesus Christ, the righteous judge, say "Well done, good and faithful servant"? Votes: 3

In college, a group of guys labelled me a "righteous little beaver." Again, I was slightly pissed because it seemed offensive and misdirected, but when I learned that beavers swim upstream, I realized that maybe it was fitting after all. Votes: 3

The purely righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do not complain of heresy, but increase faith; they do not complain of ignorance, but increase wisdom. Votes: 3

It requires courage to make good choices, even when others around us choose differently. As we make righteous choices day by day in little things, the Lord will strengthen us and help us choose the right during more difficult times. Votes: 3

Christ took our sins and the sins of the whole world as well as the Father's wrath on his shoulders, and he has drowned them both in himself so that we are thereby reconciled to God and become completely righteous. Votes: 3

...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: 3

In order for good to blossom it must be cultivated and exercised by constant practice, and to be truly righteous there is required a daily pruning of the evil growth of our characters by a daily repen- tance from sin. Votes: 3

I find that when I am gossiping about my friends, as well as my enemies, I am deeply conscious of performing a social duty. But when I hear they are gossiping about me, I am rightfully filled with righteous indignation. Votes: 3

The exploitation and superficiality of mainstream America is the object not of [Bob] Dylan's hipster scorn, but of an apocalyptic parable of holy fools and righteous thieves - the kind of imagery that Dylan's later work would explore more fully. Votes: 3

The cause doesn't have to be righteous and battle doesn't have to be winnable; but over and over again throughout history, men have chosen to die in battle with their friends rather than to flee on their own and survive. Votes: 3

Instead of preaching the good news that sinners can be made righteous in Christ and escape the wrath to come, the gospel has degenerated into the pretext that we can be happy in Christ and escape the hassles of life. Votes: 3

Our confidence in Christ does not make us lazy, negligent, or careless, but on the contrary it awakens us, urges us on, and makes us active in living righteous lives and doing good. There is no self-confidence to compare with this. Votes: 3

You can indulge your righteous rage but the things it comes out of are pretty cheap. The trick is to make yourself an instrument of your own policy. Whether you like it or not, that's the highest effectiveness man has achieved. Votes: 3

The end result of positively reinforcing bad behavior is that you get more of it. The culmination of a failure to punish predators is a debased, dissolute, slum-dog society in which, by legal decree, the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper. Votes: 3

You can seek out good fortune, authority (power), and even a righteous life-partner...and find them all. But when all of this is gone...which it will be eventually, I wish you Peace, which is only found through Christ our Lord. Votes: 3

I have seen him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps They have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps, I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps, His Day is marching on. Votes: 3

I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work, righteous, demanding, disciplined, sincere and unswerving; otherwise, it is not, it cannot be truth at all. Votes: 3

I have another name for what they're terming whistleblowers, and that's righteous heroes. From Bradley Manning to Snowden. They're people of conscience who are unwilling to turn a blind eye to the crimes of our government. And thank goodness for them. Votes: 3

When we're putting out records that people are responding to, it's amazing. And it's obviously what we shoot for every time. It's a tricky balancing act. But as long as it's sort of a righteous idea, then you're good to go. Votes: 3

Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist. It's very dangerous - the finger of righteous indignation pointing at someone who is identified as bad or wrong. Votes: 3

When a married person uses pornography, or is unfaithful, it compromises not just his (or her) purity, but also compromises the spouse's purity. As a church, we need to teach a higher standard than abstinence. We need to preach a righteous lifestyle. Votes: 3

Though the world is becoming more wicked, the youth of Christ's Church can become more righteous if they understand who they are, understand the blessings available, and understand the promises God has made to those who are righteous, who believe, who endure. Votes: 3

To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts. Votes: 3

The government of heaven, if wickedly administered, would become one of the worst governments upon the face of the earth. No matter how good a government is, unless it is administered by righteous men, an evil government will be made of it. Votes: 3

[W]hen the martyr's righteous forebrain is exploded by the executioner's bullet and his mind disintegrates, what then? Can we safely assume that all those millions of neural circuits will be reconstituted in an immaterial state, so the conscious mind carries on? Votes: 3

In primary school, every day and especially on Fridays, I was supposed to say, 'I am Turkish, and I am righteous and hardworking,' But all those things did not actually turn us into Turks. This system is somehow creating fake personalities. Votes: 3

I want to help you "fly right" in the gathering storms of the last days. You are the pilots. You are responsible to think about the consequences of every choice you make. Your righteous choices will keep you from getting off course. Votes: 3

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words. Votes: 3

A world is supported by four things: the learning of wise, the justice of great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Votes: 3

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana. Votes: 3

There are no souls in the world that are so fearful to judge others as those that do most judge themselves, nor so careful to make a righteous judgment of men or things as those that are most careful to judge themselves. Votes: 3

I am tired of the superficial smiles that adorn the many ghouls among us. I am tired of the righteous indignation that hides beneath those visages that feign our best interest and deign to think we cannot and will not stand for ourselves. Votes: 3

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth, Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume: The wicked work their woe by looking upon love, and hating it: The righteous find their joys in yearning on its loveliness for ever. Votes: 3

We have a God-given commission, but it is not a commission to be self-righteous know-it-alls- quite the contrary. Our work in God's world begins with the acknowledgment that we are not God, and that our most bitter rivals are made in God's image. Votes: 3

When God's righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God's action of declaring righteous the unrighteous sinner who has faith in Jesus Christ. The righteousness by which a person is justified (declared righteous) is not his own but that of another, Christ. Votes: 3

I believe in the holy Koran. It says we declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims and do not take part in wars, or in no way fashion or form take the lives of humans unless it's a holy war declared by God himself. Votes: 3

In even a clear heart, some righteous acts of the harder kind can stir up a sediment of guilt, but that is not a bad thing. If allowed to be, the heart is self-policing, and a reasonable measure of guilt guards against corruption. Votes: 3

...When it was finished, the scaled dragon looked around and as the thing spotted V, a growl rippled up to the bleachers, then ended in a snort. "You finished, big guy?" Va called down. "FYI, goalpost over there would work righteous as a toothpick. Votes: 3

God has nothing to say to the self-righteous. Unless you humble yourself before Him in the dust, and confess before Him your iniquities and sins, the gate of heaven, which is open only for sinners, saved by grace, must be shut against you forever. Votes: 3

Would the Holy One, Blessed is he, dispense judgment without justice? But we may say that he whom God loves will be chastised. For since the day the Holy Temple was destroyed, the righteous are seized by death for the iniquities of the generation Votes: 3

O, hereWill I set up my everlasting rest,And shake the yoke of inauspicious starsFrom this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last!Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O youThe doors of breath, seal with a righteous kissA dateless bargain to engrossing death! Votes: 3

Oh righteous doom, that they who make Pleasure their only end, Ordering the whole life for its sake, Miss that whereto they tend. While they who bid stern duty lead, Content to follow, they, Of duty only taking heed, Find pleasure by the way. Votes: 3

I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I've found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes too; I had my pointless points of view. And life went on no matter who as wrong or right. Votes: 3

Don't let our outside labels or how fervent we look or zealous we are or how righteous we seem; that's not how you measure yourself against other people. Everyone is a child of God; if we really believed that, we'd treat each other better. Votes: 3

The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His favor and He will lead us through the journey of this life and at length receive us to a better. Votes: 3

For the righteous, the gospel provides a warning before calamity, a program for the crises, refuge for each disaster... The Lord has warned us of famines, but the righteous will have listened to the prophets and stored at least one year's supply of survival food... Votes: 3

Humans are in delusion by default, and those who conquer their delusion can understand good and evil. Morality is an arbitrary abstract, it is not good or evil and those who provoke morality a righteous act, are still at the sideways of delusion and conquer. Votes: 3

Nobody can tell what is right and what is wrong; what is righteous and what is evil. Even if there is a god and I had his teachings right before me, I would think it through and decide if that was right or wrong myself. Votes: 3

Through faith we are restored to paradise and created anew. We have no need of works in order to be righteous; however, in order to avoid idleness and so that the body might be cared for an disciplined, works are done freely to please God. Votes: 3

God's grace always assists those who struggle, but this does not mean that a struggler is always in the position of a victor. Sometimes in the arena the wild animals did not touch the righteous ones, but by no means were they all preserved untouched. Votes: 3

It's music rage, which is like road rage, only more righteous. When you get road rage, a tiny part of you knows you're being a jerk, but when you get music rage, you're carrying out the will of God, and God wants these people dead Votes: 3

God's own hand Holds fast all issues of our deeds: with him The end of all our ends is, but with us Our ends are, just or unjust: though our works Find righteous or unrighteous judgment, this At least is ours, to make them righteous. Votes: 3

I'm trying to get good message out to the people. It's like the scriptures because you know what the scriptures are in the bible. Words of Jah, words of Christ, words of Rasta and everything that's righteous are in the scriptures unto I and I. Votes: 3

Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to the wise, the light. But often faltering feet Come surest to the goal; And they who walk in darkness meet The sunrise of the soul. Votes: 3

If you surround yourself with the good and righteous, they can only raise you up. If you surround yourself with the others, they will drag you down into the doldrums of mediocrity, and they will keep you there, but only as long as you permit it." Votes: 3

Make account that thou hast done nothing, and then thou hast done all. For if, being sinners, when we account ourselves to be what we are, we become righteous, as indeed the Publican did; how much more, when being righteous we account ourselves to be sinners. Votes: 3

If you surround yourself with the good and righteous, they can only raise you up. If you surround yourself with the others, they will drag you down into the doldrums of mediocrity, and they will keep you there, but only as long as you permit it. Votes: 3

You can't make yourself closer to God by hating someone else, whether you believe it's righteous anger or not. The relationship between Soul"”which is you"”and God is one of love. And where there's pure love, there is no room for anger of any kind. Votes: 3

To be justified means more than to be declared "not guilty." It actually means to be declared righteous before God. It means God has imputed or charged the guilt of our sin to His Son, Jesus Christ, and has imputed or credited Christ's righteousness to us. Votes: 3

Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed. Added to that, women need righteous and strong men who will help us to use our most cherished gifts: the ability to multitask and problem solve. Votes: 3

The law of the fast benefits both those who fast and those who stand in need. . . . In addition to providing the means for taking care of the poor among us, fasting is a principle of power which helps us to individually achieve righteous purposes in our lives. Votes: 3

I am righteous and righteously indignant, the Tea Party is righteously indignant, and our goal is to not just save the country, but quite frankly, if America goes, so goes the world, so in our desire to save the country, we are trying to save the world. Votes: 3

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: 3

Life everywhere is in vast and endless variety. So it is with life eternal, that gift of God, constituting, in its length and breadth and height and depth, the reward of the righteous. The penitent, dying thief is not going into heaven like the triumphant, dying Paul. Votes: 3

America roused to a righteous anger has always been a force for good. States that have been supporting if not Osama bin Laden, people like him need to feel pain. If we flatten part of Damascus or Tehran or whatever it takes, that is part of the solution. Votes: 3

Pay no heed to the passing religious vogue. Go back to the grass roots. Open your hearts and search the Scriptures. Bear your cross, follow your Lord. The masses are always wrong. In every generation the number of the righteous is small. Be sure you are among them. Votes: 3

In taking stock of a politician, the first question is not whether he was a good man who used righteous means, but whether he was successful in gaining power, in keeping it, and in governing; whether, in short, he was skilful at his particular craft or a bungler. Votes: 3

The price of peace is righteousness. Votes: 2

Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Votes: 2

The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music. Votes: 2

The Lord our God reigns!The Lord our God is righteous! Votes: 2

You can only do righteous acts and good deed by grace. Votes: 2

Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness. Votes: 2

I look at the Star of David as a symbol of righteousness. Votes: 2

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. Votes: 2

Righteous indignation: your own wrath as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others Votes: 2

It needs some intelligence to be truly selfish. The unintelligent can only be self-righteous. Votes: 2

No fury more righteous than that of a sinner accused of the wrong sin. Votes: 2

The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel. Votes: 2

Our religion teaches that anger is a great sin, even if it is "righteous". Votes: 2

..Advantage of the Bible is that it is profitable for training in righteous living. Votes: 2

Rest assured: Before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we need; before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we have. Votes: 2

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: 2

Big women do themselves a disservice when they attempt to become the Righteous Fat (the Righteous Thin are bad enough, all that running around and sweating, somehow believing it means anything). Votes: 2

Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I am alienated from my true self. My identity as Abba's child [a child of God] becomes ambiguous, tentative and confused Votes: 2

The purpose of our holy and righteous God was to save his church, but their sin could not go unpunished. It was, therefore, necessary that the punishment for that sin be transferred from those who deserved it but could not bear it, to one who did not deserve it but was able to bear it. Votes: 2

If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul. Votes: 2

The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head. Often the best part of your work will have nothing to do with potions and powders, but with the exercise of an influence of the strong upon the weak, of the righteous upon the wicked, of the wise upon the foolish. Votes: 2

Righteous marriage is a commandment and an essential step in the process of creating a loving family relationship that can be perpetuated beyond the grave. Votes: 1

Because I was suspicious of the traditional Christian church, I tended to tar them all with the same brush. That was a mistake, because there are righteous people working in a whole rainbow of belief systems - from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters to charismatic Catholics. Votes: 1

So many people get involved with carrying grudges and having these moral battles with people, where they cast themselves as the righteous and the other guy is the dirtbag. They waste tons of energy on it, create all kinds of darkness around themselves and the other person. It gets you nothing. Votes: 1

This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity. Votes: 1

I definitely consider myself a Christian. There's things that I believe in, there's things I have a self-belief on. I know I got a great relationship with God and the universe. I just believe in being a righteous person and karma. Doing unto others as you would have done unto you. I really want to help teach that. 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

My hair is God's aura. Everything went up when I got home from the penitentiary. One night I went to lie down next to my wife, and my hair started popping and uncurling all on its own - ping, ping, ping, ping! I knew that it was God telling me to stay on the righteous path so he could one day pull me up to be there with him. Votes: 1

Righteous people have no sense of humor. Votes: 0

Righteous willin, the only thing supreme swimmin'. Votes: 0

Righteous indignation are the very clothes that liars wear Votes: 0

Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means. Votes: 0

The American People in their Righteous Might will win through to Absolute Victory. Votes: 0