Quotes About Upright

Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage.

I think I am a moral man.

She says you're not awake until you're actually out of bed and standing up.

By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance; but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or deceitful ornament.

Peace springs from righteousness in the soul, from upright living.

Honourable is right.

It's hard to say good-bye and almost impossible to accomplish this alone and ritual is the railing we hold to, all of us together, that keeps us upright and connected until the worst is past.

As a great master once observed: "There are two methods of becoming god, the upright or the averse." Let the mind become as a flame or a pool of still water.

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools.

I think honesty is the most heroic quality one can aspire to.

Truly, deep and profound words do not make a person holy and upright, but a good life is what makes us dear to God. I would rather experience sorrow for my ungodly thoughts and actions than simply be skillful in defining "repentance.

the Voice, a resonant echo inside his chest. I will make a way for the righteous. I will not fail the upright of heart. I will not fail you of heavy laden burdens. I will remember you. I will carry you. I will save. I will save.

Que no me vean caida. Muerta por dentro, pero de pie. Como un árbol.

I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much.

Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player.

I'm an honest player.

My conscience is clear.

All that are upright are not equally fitted for the work, and many that are learned, judicious, and more able to teach the riper sort, are yet less able to condescend to the ignorant, and so convincingly and fervently to rouse up the secure, as some that are below them in other qualifications; and many that are able in both respects, have a barren people; and the ablest have found by experience that God hath sometimes blessed the labours of a stranger to that which their own hath not done.

we'd been uptown at the Museum of Natural History at the time, safe beneath the blue whale hanging by its dorsal fin, unarmed and pacific, silent as ever, a sentinel in the lurid tabloid nightmare this city's been dreaming.

For Brutus is an honorable man;So are they all, all honorable men.

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

Yet is it more honourable, and just, and upright, and pleasing, to treasure in the memory good acts than bad.

Give me an upright heart which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon me also, O Lord my God, understanding to know Thee, diligence to seek Thee, wisdom to find Thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. —THOMAS AQUINAS (1225–1274)

Le déplacement debout semble avoir, sinon entraîné, du moins permis d'autres aspects importants de l'évolution humaine : la réorganisation du crâne avec une augmentation du volume du cerveau, la libération de la main débarrassée de la locomotion et peut-être même l'apparition de la parole.