Righteous Quotes - Page 3

• A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Puritan, Persons, Wrong Things

  The New York Times, November 21, 1930.

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• Self-righteous victims invite extra nails.

  Mason Cooley

  Self, Nails, Victim

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• Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.

  Isaiah

  Deeds, Fruit, Enjoy

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• Young people like to feel self-righteous, like they're on the right side of things.

  John Darnielle

  Self, People, Sides

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head. Often the best part of your work will have nothing to do with potions and powders, but with the exercise of an influence of the strong upon the weak, of the righteous upon the wicked, of the wise upon the foolish.

  William Osler

  Wise, Art, Strong

  Sir William Osler (1963). “Aequanimitas, and Other Papers that Have Stood the Test of Time. [With an Introd. by Paul Dudley White]”

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• The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.

  Solomon

  Fathers Day, Children, Integrity

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• A righteous person is one who lives for the next generation.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Generations, Next, Persons

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• I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.

  John Grisham

  Confidence, Fear, Being Alone

  Twitter post from Jul 10, 2016

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• Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Power, Greatness, Flames

  Misattributed to Tocqueville. "The Tocqueville Fraud" by John Pitney, www.weeklystandard.com. November 12, 1995.

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• Every righteous man or woman is entitled to revelation concerning his own affairs.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Men, Righteous Man, Affair

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• There are two kinds of people in the world—only two kinds. Not black or white, rich or poor, but those either dead in sin or dead to sin.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Death, Black And White, Two

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• When you have a spirit of excellence, you do the right thing not because somebody is watching or making you do it; you do it because it's the right thing to do.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Faith, Christian

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• Even in a righteous cause force is a fearful thing.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Causes, Force, Fearful

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• For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those that do evil.

  Saint Peter

  Prayer, Eye, Evil

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Good Life, Men, Holy

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• Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Way, Speak

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• Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.

  Dave Van Ronk

  Hurt, Honesty, Self

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• There is no such thing as "righteous" anger or justifiable killing.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Anger, Killing, Righteous Anger

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3117, Manonmani Publishers

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• Even the righteous man is just a sinner living in between sins.

  Eric Jerome Dickey

  Men, Righteous Man, Sin

  Eric Jerome Dickey (2007). “Sleeping with Strangers”, p.86, Penguin

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• I believe you know Jesus said "a doctor doesn't come to the healthy, but the sick, and it's not the righteous but the sinners that I've come for," so I think that that's the scandal of God's love and grace that no one is beyond redemption, and we can see that all through scripture, you know.

  Shane Claiborne

  Jesus, Believe, Thinking

  Source: medium.com

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• Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.

  Laozi

  Self, Taoism, Prominent

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• The self-righteous have their fig leaves so tightly bound that they have forgotten the seeping wounds beneath the foliage.

  Mark Lowry

  Self, Forgotten, Figs

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• There's no one so self-righteous as someone policing someone else's morality.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Self, Morality, Self Righteous

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2005). “Incubus Dreams: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.619, Penguin

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• Redemption is prior to righteousness. You cannot be righteous until you are first redeemed.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Redemption, Firsts, Righteousness

  FaceBook post by Ravi Zacharias from Jan 19, 2014

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• The time is always right to do what is right.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  "This Dallas Boy's MLK Jr. Speech Is Such A Sweet Message For Today's World" by Sarah Friedmann, www.bustle.com. January 2018.

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