Stands Quotes

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In a world where God does not exist, any reasonable person must see that the propensity toward selfishness should be the most venerated of all… — Derek R. Audette
The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is… — Winston Churchill
Two erroneous impressions ... seem to be current among certain groups of uninformed persons. The first is that religion today stands for mediaeval theology; the… — Robert Andrews Millikan
AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. — Judy Woodruff
A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well. — Seneca the Younger
As all Nature's thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim; So in Art's wide kingdom ranges One sole meaning still the same: This is Truth,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When one gives up the Christian faith, one pulls the right to Christian morality out from under one's feet. This morality is by no means… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Fortunate Newton, happy childhood of science. Nature to him was an open book. He stands before us strong, certain, and alone. — Albert Einstein
If it be honor in your wars to seem The same you are not,--which, for your best ends, You adopt your policy--how is it less… — William Shakespeare
Let patriotism have its high days and freedom its monuments, and let the triumphs of navigators and generals be annually observed; but surely, beyond all… — George Horace Lorimer
In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know that the United States Congress stands ready to help… — Bill Frist
The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of… — George Washington
An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands. — William Cowper
I can't help thousands, I can help only the one who stands before me. — Mother Teresa
God willing, I will be back next year. Over the years I have been blessed to have so many friends, including those that sit in… — Vin Scully
The moments when something new has entered us, something unknown; our feelings grow mute in shy embarrassment, everything in us withdraws, a silence arises, and… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Every once in a while your world stands still... There are certain friendships that are so important they leave a mark on you long after… — Art Buchwald
A hero is a man who stands up manfully against his father and in the end victoriously overcomes him. — Sigmund Freud
But the thing that stands eternally in the way of really good writing is always one: the virtual impossibility of lifting to the imagination those… — William Carlos Williams
I don't want to know anything about your system of ethics. Strength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and… — Ludwig van Beethoven
Tomorrow's God says that every church is 'his church,' and every faith is 'her faith,' and every soul is God's soul, because it shares the… — Neale Donald Walsch
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the… — George Farquhar
A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts from his deepest convictions. — Mikhail Bakunin
Classical art stands for form; romantic art for content. — Robin G. Collingwood

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