Quotes about Righteousness
If it is not right do not do it, if it is not true do not say it.
— Marcus Aurelius
Now young lady,' he said to me, 'I'm not going to chastize you personally because I can see you are a nice girl and only the innocent means to this abominable end. But you will be so kind as to give these tracts to your employers. Who can tell but that their hearts may yet be softened? The propagation of drink and of drunkenness to excess is an iniquity, a sin against the Lord.
— Margaret Atwood
The time is always right to do what is right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is always the right time to do the right thing.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.
— Booker T. Washington
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
— Aristotle
The time is always right to do right
— Nelson Mandela
This is because having to obey one concept of right is inherently unjust. God has given each of us a unique sense of right, so when we are forced to live under someone else's for years and years, we run the risk of losing our own. But not everyone can be crushed. Sooner or later the longing for freedom is bound to assert itself.
— Anne Frank
The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions.
— David O. McKay
God wants the world to function in an orderly way, not a chaotic way, so teaching humans to do what's right and what will make for the happiest life isn't going to be off limits.
— Michael Heiser
Even when there is no law, there is conscience.
— Publilius Syrus
In the Church, great wonders daily occur, such as the forgiveness of sins, triumph over death . . . the gift of righteousness and eternal life.
— Martin Luther