A Quote by Confucius
The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.
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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
Unlike Joseph her husband, Mary is neither upright nor pious, but she is not blame for this, the blame lies with the language she speaks if not with the men who invented it, because that language has no feminine form for the words upright and pious.
Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.
A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
A man should be upright, not kept upright.
Everything that occurs in the temple is uplifting and ennobling. It speaks of life here and life beyond the grave. It speaks of the importance of the individual as a child of God. It speaks of the importance of the family and the eternity of the marriage relationship.
You can be brilliant in some ways and despicable in others. You can be a clean, upright, moral individual in your private life who never swears, treats women with respect, and speaks highly of duty and honor - and go out every day and dedicate yourself to a cause that makes the world worse.
The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.
The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.
The wise man thinks once before he speaks twice.
No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.
Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind. If a man speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering will follow him as the wheel of the cart follows the beast that draws the cart. If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow.
A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated.
Job 29 is about Job reflecting on his past before the calamity hit him to say this is the type of man I was. So, you want to know what God calls perfect and upright? Read Job 29, and you will understand what kind of man God esteems.
Shakespeare speaks for the human heart but Dickens speaks for the social man and for injustices.
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