Quotes about Upright
It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
- Titus 2:12
To be a saint is the exception to be upright is the rule. Err, falter, sin, but be upright. To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. Sin is a gravitation.
- Victor Hugo
Even in darkness, light dawns for the upright.' That is you now. Let your light shine here in Rock Harbor.
- Colleen Coble
And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all Temples th'upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great Argument I may assert th'Eternal Providence, And justifie the ways of God to men.
- John Milton
Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
- Dante Alighieri
To be a saint is to be an exception; to be a true man is the rule. Err, fail, sin if you must, but be upright. To sin as little as possible is the law for men; to sin not at all is a dream for angels. All earthly things are subject to sin; if is like the force of gravity.
- Victor Hugo
To be a saint is the exception; to be an upright man is the rule. Err, fall, sin if you will, but be upright.
- Victor Hugo
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.
- Joseph Addison
The bottom of the egg was weighted, so it wobbled slightly before standing perfectly upright—like a Weeble. (Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down.)
- Ernest Cline
The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.
- Amy Grant
Integrity means that we are trustworthy and dependable, and our character is above reproach.
- Billy Graham