Quotes
Quotes about Right
The restlessness that comes upon girls upon summer evenings results in lasting trouble unless it is speedily controlled. The right kind of man does not look for a wife on the streets, and the right kind of girl waits till the man comes to her home for her.
Tasteful illumination of the night, Bright scattered, twinkling star of spangled earth.
If I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I'm going to succeed.
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for which he listened.
I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.
The confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the gods. [Lat., Omnia fanda, nefanda, malo permista furore, Justificam nobis mentem avertere deorum.]
Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.
Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold.
Knowledge is power if you know about the right person.
Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.
A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.
Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.
You have the God-given right to kick the government around--don't hesitate to do so.
No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead. [Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]
Greed is all right, by the way I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.
Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks; Be bright and jovial among your guests to-night.
See, your guests approach. Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, And let's be red with mirth.
