As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
Douglas Horton

At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation.
Walter Rudolf Hess

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
Voltaire

Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.
Yannick Noah

Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are.
Bruce Jackson

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.
Lafcadio Hearn

Christianity stands or falls as a living program, a way of life, made concrete in the life of man by the life of God through the life of the concretely living Christ.
Kenneth L. Pike

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction.
Arthur Keith

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
Eric Hoffer

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
Plutarch

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.
Irving R. Kaufman

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.
Joseph Hall

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?
Peter Jennings

Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out of it. I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the others.
V. S. Naipaul

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.
Ronald Reagan

Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before.
Owen Chamberlain

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.
William Alexander

Especially today as we fight the war on terror - against an enemy that represents hatred, extremism and stands behind no flag - we need to remember the sacrifices that have gone into protecting our flag.
Bill Shuster

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.
Thornton Wilder