Quotes About Righteousness

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Conscience, man's moral medicine chest.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

Every unjust man is unjust against his will.

Living or dead, to a good man there can come no evil.

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

Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due.

The man who is wise enough to know the right thing to do, who is good enough to wish to do only the right thing, and who is able and strong enough to do the right thing is a truly great man.

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

Indeed, we may go further and assert that anyone who does not delight in fine actions is not even a good man.

Brethren, the just man shall scarcely be saved. What, then, will become of the sinner?

Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily lose and which will necessarily profit.

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

Good men are not those who now and then do a good act, but men who join one good act to another.

The happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.

I never killed a man who didn't need it.

A man may not transgress the bounds of major morals, but may make errors in minor morals.

The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

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.

Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly good, and partaking of God's holiness.

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.

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

I am careful about my conduct because I know this cause requires clean men.

The Master said, "The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit." (Analects 4.16)