Righteousness Quotes
The values a man must cherish as his life-breath are: Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non violence.
We are to love God most importantly so that we can grow to love people as he loved us, not so that we can feel more divine and worthy than the worldly.
A steadfast heart does not stray from the path.
Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment.
I was deepening my understanding of what we call the cultural commission, the command to take dominion and bring righteousness to our culture.
It is not enough to be delivered from sin; it is enough to be delivered to righteousness.
Neither the adventure of goodness nor the pursuit of righteousness gets headlines.
Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.
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.
There is no mercy in trading life for life. And certainly no righteousness. Mercy, once given, cannot be taken back.
Before Allah nothing of our material existence impresses Allah. It is our righteousness and our uprightness alone that impresses God.
The Lord needs women who will step forward in righteousness and say, 'Here am I, send me.'
God doesn't slack his promises because of our sins or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either.
Every doer of the law and every moral worker is accursed, for he walketh in the presumption of his own righteousness.
But there remains the question: what righteousness really is. The method and secret and sweet reasonableness of Jesus.
The flower of youth never appears more beautiful than when it bends toward the sun of righteousness.
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.
Forgiveness is Truth itself. It is Righteousness, it is the Veda. It is the supreme virtue in this world.
We have no excuse to deviate from the paths of righteousness. If we hold fast to the iron rod, we cannot be deceived.
Just as some people may conceal their own sinfulness thus seeming better than the norm, others expose their own sinfulness thus seeming worse than the norm.
The ultimate truth is penultimately always a falsehood. He who will be proved right in the end appears to be wrong and harmful before it.
My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.
One of the Christian's biggest fears is appearing 'too Christian'. God forbid, because that's often characterized as god-awful! We want to be one, but without being 'one of them'.
Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement.
Angels have very nasty tempers. Especially when they’re feeling righteous.
Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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.
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.
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.
Seeking Heaven through righteousness is not seeking righteousness, but something else;--it is not loving goodness for goodness' sake, but for its rewards.
Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair.
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.
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.