Stand Quotes

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
Erma Bombeck

Life, God, Hope

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln

Men, Power, Character

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
Abraham Lincoln

Live, True, Him

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill

Courage, Down, Speak

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
George Orwell

Men, Sleep, Night

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Hedy Lamarr

Stupid, Girl, Glamorous

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Abraham Lincoln

Put, Place, Sure

A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln

Cannot, Against, House

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Albert Einstein

Good, Eyes, Dead

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side.
Bob Marley

God, Black, Side

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson

Rock, Style, Matters

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
Abraham Lincoln

Him, Wrong, While

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
Abraham Lincoln

Hope, Forward, Country

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain

Laughter, Nothing, Against

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.
Bob Marley

Fight, Give, Rights

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Thomas Jefferson

Truth, Government, Alone

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
Winston Churchill

Path, Quite, Content

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Thomas Jefferson

Strong, Country, Draw

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Cannot, Dance, Learn

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.
Mia Hamm

Long, Hard, Down

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
John F. Kennedy

Life, Change, Time

The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
Swami Vivekananda

God, Human, Everything

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.
Susan B. Anthony

Woman, Taught, Protect

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.
Oscar Wilde

Reason, Unfair, Quite

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.
Mahatma Gandhi

Broken, Able, Order

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Alexander Hamilton

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.
William Shakespeare

Peace, Shall, Mountains

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.
Martin Luther

God, Help, Cannot

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
Benjamin Franklin

Family, Lives, While

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.
John F. Kennedy

Today, Unknown, Hopes

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