Quotes about Righteousness
A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
— Henry Ward Beecher
There is no way to kill a man's righteousness but by his own consent.
— John Bunyan
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
— Joseph Addison
The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
— Confucius
Men are not sent to hell because of being murderers or liars, they are sent to hell because they are unrighteous.
— David Jeremiah
Live the principles and the values. Almost nobody in America is living them. Learn the truth. Live the life of our founders. Be a decent, righteous, forthright honest man or woman.
— Glenn Beck
We are ashamed of our fear; for we know that a righteous man would not suspect danger nor incur any. Wherever a man feels fear, there is an avenger.
— Henry David Thoreau
A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Instead of worrying, we need to be seeking His kingdom and His righteousness.
— Terri Blackstock
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
— Terri Blackstock
A committed church member is committed to the maintenance of peace in the congregation. "Let us pursue what makes for peace and mutual upbuilding" (Rom. 14:19). "And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace" (James 3:18).
— Thabiti M. Anyabwile
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
— Theodore Roosevelt