Stand Quotes

7661 Stand quotes by 4427 unique authors

As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for… — Coretta Scott King
I am pleased that I am able to stand here today and say with a pure heart and meaningful heart that I am against the… — Mamie Till
One must first be firmly set in oneself, one must stand securely on one's own two legs otherwise one cannot love at all. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I would like to see the lack of demonization for those of us who stand on sincerely held religious beliefs. It's overdue. That's where you… — Michele Bachmann
The soul comes from without into the human body, as into a temporary abode, and it goes out of it anew it passes into other… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no greater crime than to stand between a man and his development; to take any law or institution and put it around him… — Henry Ward Beecher
When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?' — Kipchoge Keino
On the whole, I would bid you stand up to your work, whatever it may be, and not be afraid of it; not in sorrows… — Thomas Carlyle
There are 101 websites out there for debate - this was a blatant last attempt to get someone to stand against Gordon Brown. — Diane Abbott
Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! — Thomas Paine
The addability of the happiness of different subjects is a postulum without which all political reasonings are at a stand — Jeremy Bentham
It's none of my business what somebody's [orientation is]. Now, when somebody makes it my business, like on gay marriage, I'm going to stand up… — George W. Bush
Before you can really start setting financial goals, you need to determine where you stand financially. — David Bach
She had only to stand in the orchard, to put her hand on a little crab tree and look up at the apples, to make… — Willa Cather
We have many advantages in the fight against global warming, but time is not one of them. Instead of idly debating the precise extent of… — John McCain
I stand here struggling for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country. They are not-in Mississippi. They are not-in Montgomery.… — Paul Robeson
A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself. — Kofi Annan
Much we learn only to forget it again, to stand by the goal, we must traverse all the way to it — Friedrich Ruckert
As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as the country that… — Barack Obama
There is nothing for you to go back and live over, or fix, or feel regret about now. Every part of your life has unfolded… — Esther Hicks
When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous… — Erwin W. Lutzer
Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side. Not only down for the good times. But also down through the bad times. — Will Smith
I told that girl, in the kindest, gentlest way, that I could not consent to deliver judgment upon any one's manuscript, because an individual's verdict… — Mark Twain
A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most… — Thomas Jefferson
You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you… — Vernon Jordan

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