Quotes About Righteousness

No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

magis quid se dignum foret, quam quid in illos iure fieri posset, quaerebant.

Of course we are called to be instruments of His peace, to live righteous lives, and to care for others. But ultimately, our calling is to bring glory to God and to let Him perfect us into the image bearers He always meant us to be. I think sometimes we can bring much more glory to God by being cheerful and delighting in the world and people He has given us than by living a "useful" life where we trot grimly around with a martyr complex that annoys everyone we encounter.

In the end, I believe, heroism is simply faithfulness, a moment-by-moment choice to do what is right—to love once more, to give without fear in the face of every challenge. Heroism is forged and known in such choices, whether in a blazing moment of courage or in the countless small moments of luminous, ordinary life.

A tough but nervous, tenacious but restless race [the Yankees]; materially ambitious, yet prone to introspection, and subject to waves of religious emotion…. A race whose typical member is eternally torn between a passion for righteousness and a desire to get on in the world.

Everybody's private motto: It's better to be popular than right.

Psalm 52:3: "You love evil rather than good, and falsehood rather than truth.

Time is the best preserver of righteous men.

One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.

That's insanity. We must be good all the time.

There is no such thing as committing adultery with the right woman, at the right time, and in the right way, for it is simply WRONG.

Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.

Every person who will learn the right way, and who will then continue diligently to follow that right way, is absolutely certain in time to possess great riches and all attending blessings.

I wish to live without committing any fault at any time.

I believe any time you have the courage to stand for what is right, especially in situations where no one else is willing to do so, you are creating a holy place.

Più la vedeva innocente e la sapeva addolorata più s'impegnava a disprezzarla come fanno i prepotenti per salvarsi interi dal fatto d'aver torto.

The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God, according to the epistle of James. But we have lived for years with the raucous influence of self-declared Christians who are clearly convinced that their wrath and God's righteousness are one and the same.

I wanted to be justice, love and the wrath of God all in one.

The church should not be an assembly of the self-righteous but an assembly of people who admit that they are not righteous apart from God's grace.

In this sense, Calvin did assert a belief in "free will," which, for Calvin, amounted not to a human's natural ability to choose what is good but to his voluntary choice to do what is evil. Because of the fallenness of human nature, the only freedom of the human will, apart from grace, is the freedom from righteousness.

Until the end, God's people are to wait patiently and serve diligently. In this life we are to suffer courageously and serve humbly like Jesus did during his incarnation, trusting that all will be made right in due time.

The truth is, righteous anger is the right response to sin and far more consistent with God's character than faking happiness, approval, or acceptance.

Honor is a complex and important matter best served by doing the right thing.