Quotes About Righteousness

I suppose the stern and the cruel ones rule the world. If so, I shall be content to try to live each day within the limits of my conscience and let great plaudits go to those who are willing to pay the price for it."7

Das Unmoralische gewinnt sein himmlisches Recht als eine drastische Kritik des Moralischen!

Extremism in defense of virtue is no vice.

Well, Caroline, it's pleasant to be with a crowd of people all trying to do the right thing, same as we are.

There had been a time when I'd believed my power was evil, but God didn't seem to feel that way, so until He changed His mind, I just had faith that my power came from the right side.

And morality is nothing if it is merely a form of good behavior.

The first time [Christ] came to slay sin in men. The second time He will come to slay men in sin.

Ye shall kindle no fire—not even the fire of righteous indignation.

God's goodness is not a cosmic force but a specific act of compassion. We do not know it as it is but as it happens. To mention an example, "Rabbi Meir said: When a human being suffers what does the Shechinah say? My head is too heavy for Me; My arm is too heavy for Me. And if God is so grieved over the blood of the wicked that is shed, how much more so over the blood of the righteous.

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!

In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.

Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong.

Revenge is the foolish stepbrother of justice.

Revenge is the foolish stepbrother of justice. I understood

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

ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right.

I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.

May good prevail, and justify my deed.

You're not upset.' 'I am.' 'You deserve to be.

I know what's required. It's perfectly simple: Justice.

There is no such thing as a necessary evil.

Forgiveness doesn't make wrong things right. It remembers that what is right far outshines what is wrong.

No weapon that is formed against me shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against me in judgment I do condemn. This is my heritage as a servant of the Lord, and my righteousness is from You, O Lord of Hosts.

Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.