Quotes about Righteousness
For to pretend that men may live habitually sinful lives without any attempt by the Spirit to mortify sin in them, nor with any desire for repentance, is to deny the Christian religion.
— John Owen
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
— Albert Einstein
The man who does not know the nature of the Law, cannot know the nature of sin.
— John Bunyan
Better have men reproach you for being good, than have God damn you for being wicked. Be not laughed out of your religion. If a lame man laugh at you for walking upright, will you therefore limp?
— Thomas Watson
God alone is perfectly and consistently just. We forget; God remembers. We see an action; God sees a motive. This qualifies Him as the best recordkeeper and judge.
— Charles Swindoll
All true religion must stand on true morality.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Life is not fair, but one day God's going to settle the score. He's going to right the wrongs. So, who can get better justice - you or God?
— Rick Warren
The nation should be ruled by the Ten Commandments.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
— John Milton
Anger may be foolish and absurd, and one may be wrongly irritated, but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is fundamentally right.
— Victor Hugo
God was just. She held on to that knowledge and the hope that the day of justice would eventually arrive.
— Dee Henderson
Thus says the LORD: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom, do not let the mighty boast in their might, do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth; but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the LORD; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the LORD. Jeremiah 9:23—24
— Dee Henderson