Stand Quotes
7661 quotes by 4427 authors
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There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who think differently from…
— Walter Savage Landor
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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand…
— Bertrand Russell
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We call for the end of bigotry as we know it. The end of racism as we know it. The end of child abuse in…
— Urvashi Vaid
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No man's ambitions (have) a right to stand in the way of performing a simple act of justice.
— John Peter Altgeld
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Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for…
— Peter Benenson
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We know the battle ahead will be long. But always remember that, no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the…
— Barack Obama
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I looked up and saw my flag. But I didn't hear my anthem. The quotation above from 6 ft 4 inch, 286 pound Silver Medalist…
— Unknown Author
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It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Teach…
— Boyd K. Packer
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So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our…
— Barack Obama
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The knives in my apartment are only sharp enough to open envelopes with. Cutting a slice of coarse bread is on the borderline of their…
— Peter Høeg
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The woman hanging from the 13th floor window on the east side of Chicago is not alone...She is all the women of the apartment building…
— Joy Harjo
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I guess they call it suicide, but I'm to full to swallow my pride I can't stand losing you The Police Dying is an art,…
— Sylvia Plath
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Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they…
— Sun Tzu
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When the soldiers stand leaning on their spears, they are faint from want of food.
— Sun Tzu
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People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated.…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction. We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to…
— George Orwell
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The divorce is from my old putter. I think it's final - at least we're due for a long separation. I've suffered with that old…
— Shelley Hamlin
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I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.
— Bobby Jones
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Every now and then, I'll meet an escapee, someone who has broken free of self-centeredness and lit out for the territory of compassion. You've met…
— Marc Ian Barasch
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You can be fully satisfied with where you are, understanding that you're eternally evolving. When you get into that place of feeling appreciation of where…
— Esther Hicks
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