Stand Still Quotes

180 quotes by 156 authors

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
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
Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural… — Beverley Nichols
Winning and losing are both very temporary things. Having done one or the other, you move ahead. Gloating over a victory or sulking over a… — Chuck Knox
Let it not be death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the… — Rabindranath Tagore
He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three… — Charles Caleb Colton
You cannot travel within and stand still without. — James Lane Allen
The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never notice, you… — Georges Bernanos
The next time you find yourself alone in a dark alley facing the undeniables of life, don't cover them with a blanket, or ignore them… — Max Lucado
Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward. — Robert Collier
Do not stand still disputing about your election, but set to repenting and believing. Cry to God for converting grace. Revealed things belong to you;… — Joseph Alleine
Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We… — Daniel Barenboim
Plato used the dialogue format because the exchange of views, the posing and answering of questions, showed that understanding is a living, dynamic process. He… — John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
The eternal God asks a favor of his bride: "Hold me close to your heart, close as locket or bracelet fits." No matter whether we… — Henry Suso
If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still — Samuel Johnson
Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast. — Charles R. Swindoll
Do not exalt any path above god. There are many paths that lead to god. So people are capable of finding and following the ways… — Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck. — David Hasselhoff
If you stand still there is only one way to go, and that's backwards. — Peter Shilton
People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the… — Martin Luther

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