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Quotes About Righteousness

Fiat justitia ruat coelum [Let justice be done though heaven should fall].
~ Anonymous: Latin
The greatest evil occurs when people, no matter what their aims or their motives, become utterly convinced that they are right.
~ Anthony Horowitz
The greatest evil occurs when people, no matter what their aims or their motives, become utterly convinced that they are right. [Atticus Pūnd]
~ Anthony Horowitz
Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness.
~ Anthony J. D'Angelo
To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness.
~ Ernest Holmes
I never really feel wrong while making movies. I know myself, and I know that my intentions are pure and I'm on the side of righteousness.
~ Harmony Korine
For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves.
~ Johann Arndt
God is looking for clean hands and a pure heart.
~ Monica Johnson
Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in moving mountains - if moving mountains accomplishes God's purposes and is in accordance with His will.
~ David A. Bednar
My father wasn't a hard guy. He was a well-liked guy. He had a lot of compassion about things in life. There were rules, but there was also flexibility within those rules. He didn't push me when it came to golf: he just taught me the right way to play the game.
~ Tom Watson
My deepest desire is to do the thing that is first and foremost just.
~ Trent Franks
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results. JAMES 5:16
~ Francine Rivers
God made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
~ Francine Rivers
You must obey the Lord. Whatever He says, you must do. God gave us the Law to protect us, to teach us how to live righteously before Him. The battle belongs to the Lord. We are to be holy as He is holy!
~ Francine Rivers
We are supposed to be on the side of goodness in the sense that we need it, not that we are it.
~ Francis Spufford
Grave this on your memory, lad: A world is supported by four things... she held up four big-knuckled fingers. ...the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these things are as nothing... She closed her fingers into a fist. ...without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that the science of your tradition!
~ Frank Herbert
My brother comes now, Alia said. Even an Emperor may tremble before Muad'Dib, for he has the strength of righteousness and heaven smiles upon him.
~ Frank Herbert
Even an Emperor may tremble before Muad'Dib, for he has the strength of righteousness and heaven smiles upon him.
~ Frank Herbert
Moral decisions are always easy to recognize," Odrade said. "They are where you abandon self-interest.
~ Frank Herbert
the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave.
~ Frank Herbert
Grave isto na memória, rapaz: um mundo é sustentado por quatro coisas... o conhecimento dos sábios, a justiça dos poderosos, a prece dos justos e a coragem dos bravos. Mas tudo isso de nada vale... sem um governante que conheça a arte de governar.
~ Frank Herbert
Grave this on your memory, lad: A world is supported by four things…." She held up four big-knuckled fingers. "…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing…." She closed her fingers into a fist. "…without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that the science of your tradition!
~ Frank Herbert
the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing…." She closed her fingers into a fist. "…without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that the science of your tradition!
~ Frank Herbert
Grave this on your memory, lad: A world is supported by four things... She held up four big-knuckled fingers. .. the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing... She closed her fingers into a fist. .. without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that the science of your tradition!
~ Frank Herbert