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Upright Quotes

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“If you desire the path of sincerity, develop a love for obscurity. Flee from the clatter and clinks of fame. Be like the roots of a tree; it keeps the tree upright and gives it life, but it itself is hidden underneath the earth and eyes cannot see it.”
― Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak
tags: clatter, clinks, earth, eyes, fame, flee, hidden, life, obscurity, roots, sincerity, tree, upright
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: angelic, aphorism, aphorisms, aphorist, aphorists, atheism, atheist, atheists, bad, base, believer, believers, bible, blameless, chaplain, chaplains, church, churches, churchman, churchmen, clergyman, clergymen, cleric, clerics, congregation, congregations, corrupt, criminal, crooked, curate, curates, debased, debauched, decent, degenerate, depraved, dishonest, dishonorable, disreputable, dissolute, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastics, ethical, evil, foul, funny, godless, good, high-minded, hilarious, honest, honorable, humor, humorous, humour, image, imam, imams, immoral, impress, impression, impure, iniquitous, irreproachable, joke, jokes, law-abiding, lewd, licentious, loose, lowdown, man-of-the-cloth, men-of-the-cloth, minister, ministers, miscreant, moral, morally-wrong, nefarious, noble, nonbeliever, nonbelievers, obscene, padre, padres, pagan, parson, parsons, pastor, pastors, persona, perverse, perverted, preacher, preachers, priest, priests, principled, promiscuous, pure, quotations, quotes, rector, rectors, reprobate, reverend, reverends, righteous, saintly, satire, shady, shameless, sinful, sleazy, synagogue, synagogues, unchaste, unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, unvirtuous, upright, upstanding, vicar, vicars, vile, villainous, virtuous, wanton, wicked, wish, wrongful
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“Silence and indifference would not take you anywhere at the end of the day. It is only people who show upright positions in standing for the truth that win at last. When we become quiet at the collapsed value system in our nation, iniquity and injustice would eventually overrun that nation if action is not taken promptly.”
― Sunday Adelaja
tags: indifference, iniquity, injustice, silence, truth, upright, value, win
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Daryl Gregory
“He was upright, so was that holding up?”
― Daryl Gregory, We Are All Completely Fine
tags: upright
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The table that cannot stand upright, is an insult to the carpenter who makes it. God made us perfectly; so when we refuse to carry out the functions we were created for, our father loses the glory He deserves!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords
tags: carpenter, creations, creator, creature, father, food-for-thought, function, glory, glory-to-god, god, insult, israelmore-ayivor, jehovah, life, myles-munroe, neglect, negligence, perfect, perfectly, potentials, purpose, purpose-of-life, refuse, table, upright
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Upnext" is your success... but before that, remember "up there" is your God who requires from you to be "upright" to fulfill your destiny! Be "up" and keep going!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365
tags: destined, destiny, food-for-thought, fulfill, go-up, god, grow-up, israelmore-ayivor, keep-going, next, remember-your-creator, remember-your-creator-now, rise-up, story, success, success-story, successful, up, upnext, upright, wake-up, win, winner
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“We need to know who we are and then stand strong”
― Sunday Adelaja
tags: calling, identity, knowledge, life, purpose, self-identity, stand, strength, truth, upright
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Terry Pratchett
“He noticed that the boy seemed rather less elbows than he remembered, stood a little more upright and, bluntly, could use a word like 'expectancy'. It was all that library.”
― Terry Pratchett, Mort
tags: library, maturation, mort, upright
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Utibe Samuel Mbom
“One of the qualities that keeps your company shining is integrity.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You
tags: business-world, businesses, companies, considerate, credibility, enterprise, principle, reliability, trusted, upright
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Utibe Samuel Mbom
“If you are frank in your transactions, you will always thrive, because sincerity is a virtue that builds rank.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You
tags: business-world, considerate, credibility, frankness, principle, rank, ranking, reliability, trusted, upright
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Utibe Samuel Mbom
“Frankness is not madness, and sincerity is not stupidity.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You
tags: considerate, credibility, credible, frank, frankness, principle, principles, reliability, trusted, upright
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