Stand Up Quotes

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

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

Fight, Give, Stand

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Norman Vincent Peale

Strength, Find, Stand

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.
George Bernard Shaw

War, Soldier, Stand

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
H. G. Wells

Today, Down, Stand

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
Thomas J. Watson

Time, Good, Yourself

Let's continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.
Hillary Clinton

Stand, Left, Continue

Now is the moment when we can stand up and say, 'I'm an American. I make my destiny. And we deserve better! My children deserve better! My family deserves better. My country deserves better!' So here we stand. Americans have a choice.
Mitt Romney

Family, Children, Country

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
J. K. Rowling

Great, Friends, Stand

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.
George W. Bush

Peace, Important, Friends

Those issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed. I contend that if the evangelical community became more biblical, everything would change.
Tony Campolo

Change, Care, Sick

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
Chauncey Depew

Fear, Mind, Important

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.
Chief Joseph

War, Strong, Heart

Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.
Diane Keaton

Experience, Forget, Place

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.
Terry Bradshaw

Time, Fight, Long

There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for the cowardice that dares not stand up against blatant violations of justice.
Kurt Huber

Justice, Law, Against

I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day.
Michael Bloomberg

Decisions, Stand, Criticism

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.
Marian Wright Edelman

Children, Stand

And of course I didn't make any money from stand up for years, so I had temp jobs. That was the way I made money.
Demetri Martin

Money, Stand, Jobs

I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'
Samuel L. Jackson

Wife, Stand, Worst

I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.
Christina Aguilera

Great, Stand, Heat

No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.
Brigitte Bardot

Someone, Political, Matter

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.
Richard Thompson

Alone, Guitar, Stand

I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don't do those things you're not going to get anywhere.
Stephen Harper

Stand, Values, Interests

A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.
Lenny Kravitz

Time, Dad, Stand

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.
Harvey Milk

Fight, Down, Start

Stand up is really fun because if I think of a joke or a funny idea, then I can just go and tell some people and if they laugh, they laugh right away.
Demetri Martin

Funny, Fun, Laugh

Throughout my years of public service, I've listened to the voices of the gay and lesbian community, whether through whispered confidences or public declarations. I understand what it truly means to say that all people should be treated equally, and I'll always stand up for fair and equal treatment of gay and lesbian Americans.
Mark Udall

Gay, Through, Understand

I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.
Kevin James

Good, Great, Positive

Let's stand up. Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans.
Rick Perry

Pride, Speak, Effort

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