The Stand Quotes

Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.

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

He who stands on tiptoe does not stand firm.

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.

Color cannot stand alone.

When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?

if we don't stand for something, you may be sure we will fall for anything.

We human beings can survive the most difficult of circumstances if we are not forced to stand alone.

You have to stand for something or you fall for everything.

Meal isn't over when I'm full. Meal's over when I hate myself.

It's really important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don't feel that that's true

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?

There's two ways of working in Washington, ... One is to go along and get along. The other is to stand up for what you believe in.

If you've got faith and you believe in what you are living for, you can stand your ground when the Devil's at your door.

On one side, the forces of destruction, the forces of the desert, have risen, and on the other hand stand firm the forces of civilization, but we will not be stopped.

The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

In every generation, the world is changed by a few people, who stand for something, do not fear unpopularity and dare to make a difference.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

You need to know exactly where you stand in a business at all times. Measure everything, because everything that is measured and watched improves.

Be like a tree in pursuit of your cause. Stand firm, grip hard, thrust upward. Bend to the winds of heaven. And learn tranquility.

Stand for right, even if you stand alone.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.

It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.

True courage is to stand against evil, even when we stand alone.

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.

You've got to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything You've got to be your own man, not a puppet on a string

Anushka Sharma is a dear friend; as is Jacqueline Fernandez. They always stand by me for support when it’s needed

There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.

Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?

You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too.

When all else fails, and to stand firm seems impossible, stand on the wood of the Cross; it will float with you.

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead, start where you stand.

The best way to be missed when you're gone is to stand for something when you're here.

Where you stand should not depend on where you sit.

The most you can do is stand up for what you believe in. I'm much happier since coming out to my friends and family. Being genuine and honest makes me happy.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.

Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.

Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.

You have to stand for something bigger than yourself.

When you know who you are and what you stand for, you stand in wisdom.

Have the moral courage to stand firm in obeying God’s will, even if you have to stand alone.

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You're writing it is how you feel. And when you're finished you put your signature on it and you mail it off and that's it. And that's how "Stand By Me" was really.