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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see. — Henry David Thoreau

God received from me something He didn't have on His own. My sin. I received something from God I didn't have on my own. His righteousness. — Johnny Hunt

Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness. — Tullian Tchividjian

What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind. — Bob Marley

This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus. — John Newton

Self-righteousness is the devil's masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves. — Thomas Adams

He believed the LORD, and j he counted it to him as righteousness. — Anonymous

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!" (5:24). — Anonymous

15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. — Anonymous

Then all my servile works were done A righteousness to raise; Now, freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose his ways. — Sinclair B. Ferguson

The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage. — Confucius

None are so sinful that they cannot find strength, purity, and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them. — Ellen G. White

God never alters the robe of righteousness to fit the man. Rather He alters the man to fit the robe. — John Hagee

You're not exactly up for the Humanitarian of the Year award, so save your altruism for someone who can't see through you like cellophane. — Rebecca McNutt

Grace does not overlook sin, it empowers righteousness! — Bill Johnson

But the line between moral behavior and narcissistic self-righteousness is thin and difficult to discern — Dean Koontz

Ideology brings about a disastrous fusion: that of violence and righteousness - a savagery without stain. — Martin Amis

To Declare Your Stand For Righteousness Is Not To Regard The Perception Of Others — Sunday Adelaja

Righteousness is light;
wickedness is darkness.
Righteousness and joy are brothers;
evil and sorrow are cousins. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Let's trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let's lay down our righteousness and just be together. — Ram Dass

MR. BROWNE'S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT:
WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING
RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND. — R.J. Palacio

Integrity is never a given. It is a quality that can only be proven over time. — Gary Hopkins

Our righteousness" - never mind our sins! - "is like filthy rags" (Isa. 64:6 NKJV; — Michael S. Horton

The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself. — Neal A. Maxwell

Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement. — John Stuart Mill

I rest solely in His righteousness and in His atonement because I know there is nothing I can do to make up for my own iniquity. — R.C. Sproul

Peace is a place of unhindered enjoyment of friendship beyond guilt, suspicion, blame of inferiority — Francois Du Toit

I pledged to work for righteousness. God's given me inspiration. God's the boss, he tell me what to do. — Bob Marley

What does rasta mean? Righteousness. — Bob Marley

Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart. — Ezra Taft Benson

Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America. — Henry Cabot Lodge

Our guilt has its uses. It justifies much in the lives of others. — Max Frisch

Make this confession out loud: "I am the righteousness of God in Christ. — Kenneth E. Hagin

The Spiritual disciplines are wisdom and not righteousness. — Dallas Willard

To seek after righteousness is not to pursue temporal things — Sunday Adelaja

The world had not broken from a lack of righteousness. It had broken from a lack of love. — Rosslyn Elliott

Despotism despieses nothing so much as righteousness in its victims — Gregory David Roberts

A steadfast heart does not stray from the path. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

How foolish we can be in life when driven by righteousness — Charity Parkerson

The essence of the conception of righteousness, therefore, is to afford an outlet for sadism by cloaking cruelty as justice. — Bertrand Russell

To hunger and thirst after righteousness is when nothing in the world can fascinate us so much as being near God. — Smith Wigglesworth

We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid. — Theodore Roosevelt

He Himself bore our sins in His body on the TREE So that we might die to sin and live for righteousness By His wounds you have been healed — Anonymous

Building our homes as fortresses of righteousness for protection from the world takes constant labor and diligence. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

We should learn that there is no light in the law, or even in the whole Word of God, without Christ who is the Sun of Righteousness. — John Calvin

God doesn't slack his promises because of our sins or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either. — Martin Luther

He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free. — Martin Luther

Those who committed atrocities always seemed to do so out of a misconceived sense of righteousness and the greater good. — Terry Brooks

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own. — John Calvin

God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself. — Criss Jami

Self-righteousness can feed upon doctrines - as well as upon works! — John Newton

Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance. — Eugene H. Peterson

There is no honor in cruelty. — Jocelyn Murray

God has not changed. His laws have not changed. He is still a God of love and mercy But He is also a God of righteousness and judgment. — Billy Graham

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness. — Theodore Roosevelt

It is not enough simply to try to resist evil or empty our lives of sin. We must also fill our lives with righteousness — Ezra Taft Benson

We must stand so firmly for the truth so that we do not back down because every movement away from righteousness and God's truth is similar to death — Sunday Adelaja

To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness — Confucius

Faith is a gift of God bestowed as a reward for personal righteousness. — Bruce R. McConkie

We should express our daily gratitude to our Heavenly Father for He's our God, He's our righteousness. He's the breather of life. — Euginia Herlihy

In spinning a robe of your own righteousness, before the sun goes down you will find it all unraveled. — Curtis Hutson

The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation. — Edward McKendree Bounds

There is grace for the unrighteous and the self-righteous alike, and the father loves both sons well. — Justin Buzzard

I look at the Star of David as a symbol of righteousness. — Amar'e Stoudemire

The price of peace is righteousness. — Ezra Taft Benson

May we be faithful followers of Christ, examples of righteousness, thus becoming lights in the world. — Thomas S. Monson

Hard work and righteousness are important to God — Sunday Adelaja

Thy life is safe while any god saves mine. — Sophocles

The Teacher of the Truth trains in righteousness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

Self-righteousness is always self-condemnatory. And self-righteousness is the preserve of the moralist. — Timothy Keller

An humble soul looks upon Christ's righteousness as his only crown. — Thomas Brooks

When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise. — Laozi

As children of the Lord we should strive every day to rise to a higher level of personal righteousness in all of our actions. — James E. Faust

The defense mechanisms of The Imposter are: sarcasm, name-dropping, self-righteousness, the need to impress others and the need for others' approval. — Manning Brennan

His lips felt dry with a literal thirst for righteousness, which was like a glass of ice-cold water on a table in another man's room. — Graham Greene

Fight if you must on the path of righteousness and God will be with you. — Mahatma Gandhi

Fanatics. Every teacher of work-righteousness is a trouble-maker. — Martin Luther

It is not enough to be delivered from sin; it is enough to be delivered to righteousness. — Edwin Louis Cole

His self-righteousness has prevented him from enjoying the grace all around him. — Justin Buzzard

People are submissive to power, and few of them can be influenced by doctrines of righteousness. — Han Fei

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. — Anonymous

Righteousness exalts — Sunday Adelaja

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good. — Ann H. Gabhart

I believe our longing for an innate harmony runs deeper than our longing for righteousness. — Evelyn Rodriguez

Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world. — Jeffrey R. Holland

It is a strange kind of fire, the fire of self-righteousness, which gives us such pleasure by its warmth but does so little to banish the darkness. — Ben H. Winters

The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ. — R.C. Sproul

If Scripture teaches the imputation of sin, we should not stumble when we find it affirming the imputation of righteousness. — Arthur W. Pink

One ounce of the practice of righteousness and of spiritual Self-realisation outweighs tons and tons of frothy talk and nonsensical sentiments. — Swami Vivekananda

To preserve one notion of goodness and righteousness you destroy another. To uphold one principle you sacrifice another. — Krishna Udayasankar

Without righteousness people and nations do not have a future. — Sunday Adelaja

Nothing clears out self-righteousness better than serving someone who is critical of you. — Paul E. Miller

When you are DOWN for satan, you'll be LOADED with sin ... and you'll DOWNLOAD failure! You and I can't be part of that mess! — Israelmore Ayivor

Folly and evil are disciples of doom;
wisdom and righteousness are servants of life. — Matshona Dhliwayo

pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. — Anonymous

Too much righteousness makes you a nonsense — Umar Hassan

He actually became my sin so that I could literally become His righteousness. — J.D. Greear

He that serves God is resigned up into him, and in all things has respect to truth and righteousness, and will promote that. — Jakob Bohme

Sin drains strength.
Righteousness gives strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita