Rightly Quotes

A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by the order of creation. Universal: that which can interest, rightly, every human individual, according to his pure humanity.

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

We Americans can be rightly proud of the fact that the right to the free and unfettered exercise of religion is a primary principle in the vision and founding of our country. It defines us as a people, and has uniquely contributed to making this nation great.

My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens.

It can have its effect only through the intervention of God, inasmuch as in the ideas of God a monad rightly demands that God, in regulating the rest from the beginning of things, should have regard to itself.

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Galleries, and they're all the same, and rightly so, they sell work.

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.

The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics.

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.

It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used rightly, may turn medicinal.

They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe.

Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.

Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things.

Americans rightly asked, if this is the way our government responds to a natural disaster it knew about days in advance, how would it respond to a surprise terrorist attack? How would it respond to an earthquake?

Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ.

Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but as theological and literary enterprises requiring independent intellectual assessment.

Now being upon the haunches (as he necessarily must be in this case) is it impossible but he must be light in hand, because no horse can be rightly upon his haunches without being so.

If you take a loud pride in anything, people will rightly shoot you down.

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.

Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever.

It is unfair to suppose that one party has invariably acted rightly, and that the other is responsible for every wrong that has been committed.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

Among other things they picked out a detail that Charles had been offered the Governorship of Hong Kong in its dying days by Thatcher in return for shutting up about the inner cities. He quite rightly in my view led the paper on this story.

The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.

I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government.

If we remind ourselves of the fact that every fifth American today rightly points and perhaps also with a certain degree of pride to his German ancestry or her German ancestry, we can safely say that we, indeed, share common roots.