Justified Quotes

“The sad truth about bigotry is that most bigots either don't realize that they are bigots, or they convince themselves that their bigotry is perfectly justified.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found themselves knee deep in their version of justice.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“It is a wonderful thing to be liked by a stranger, but without respect it is pointless. It is like pulling the pedals off a rose and throwing the stem at the person you like. It’s creepy, but had good intentions that suddenly experienced some strange form of verticillium wilt, during the climate change of their mood.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“You have bigger balls than some men I know.”
― Carolyn Arnold

“An act of violence, no matter how small, can never be justified if it can be avoided.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“Let no one take the limited, narrow position that any of the works of man can help in the least possible way to liquidate the debt of his transgression. This is a fatal deception. If you would understand it, you must cease haggling over your pet ideas, and with humble hears survey the atonement.

This matter is so dimly comprehended that thousands upon thousands claiming to be sons of God are children of the wicked one, because they will depend on their own works. God always demanded good works, the law demands it, but because man placed himself in sin where his good works were valueless, Jesus' righteousness alone can avail. Christ is able to save to the uttermost because He ever liveth to make intercession for us.

All man can possibly do toward his own salvation is to accept the invitation, "Whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.”
― Ellen G. White, Notebook Leaflets

“I am not being overly harsh. Overtly hostile, yes, but exactly the right amount of harsh.”
― Jennifer Harrison, Write like no one is reading 2

“You would be justified to believe that many Americans were killed by a government that failed to prepare for a pandemic.”
― Steven Magee

“If in some radical miracle, the Abrahamic God revealed his existence to the world, I’d accept the belief in the deity — but I still wouldn't worship it. The jealous and angry God that justified the killings of millions, sent plagues upon first borns, and abhorred homosexuals would not be worthy of my worship.”
― David G. McAfee, Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-Believer

“Christians are free to serve and obey God since they are loved, justified, redeemed, reconciled, forgiven, saved, and sustained to the end!”
― Ibrahim Emile

“All feel justified. To find truth, a man must consider the possibility that he is wrong.”
― Lance Conrad, The Price of Loyalty

“I incessantly wallow in the ‘muck and mire’ of the terrible messes that I have made. And when I realize that God has long ago removed all the ‘muck and mire,’ I suddenly understand that the only wallowing that’s going on is in my head.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Karma is impossible to escape, or overcome. This is because it is both objective, and subjective. Even if you can convince others that your bad actions are justified, you can never convince yourself, for a long period.”
― Robert Black

“If we can prevent just one marriage from disintegrating--or just one child from suffering the loss of a family--our effort will be justified.”
― James Dobson

“If we put faith in Christ Jesus, we are justified by faith in Christ.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Every time I faced a judge, I went in with a sense of impending doom. They always told me, “You’re innocent until proven guilty,” but I knew that was a bunch of rubbish. I wasn’t innocent, period. It didn’t matter what I told myself or how I justified my actions, I wouldn’t be there if I was innocent.”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose