Stands Quotes

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way of ones' good fortune... and… — Soren Kierkegaard
I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment… — Thornton Wilder
The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that… — Ronald Reagan
Today, the United States stands as a beacon of liberty and democratic strength before the community of nations. We are resolved to stand firm against… — Ronald Reagan
Words are even more feeble on this Memorial Day, for the sight before us is that of a strong and good nation that stands in… — Ronald Reagan
The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America. — Hubert H. Humphrey
He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath… — Alfred the Great
And God stands winding His lonely horn, And time and the world are ever in flight. — William Butler Yeats
The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick fix over the… — Ravi Zacharias
The grace of forgiveness, because God Himself has paid the price, is a Christian distinctive and stands splendidly against our hate-filled, unforgiving world. God's forgiveness… — Ravi Zacharias
This house isn't mine anymore, but the memories are; the memories can't be sold. The building that housed my once-upon-a-time dreams stands for someone else… — Cecelia Ahern
There is only one law of Nature-the second law of thermodynamics-which recognises a distinction between past and future more profound than the difference of plus… — Arthur Eddington
It is impossible for a man to conceal himself. In every act, word or gesture he stands revealed as he is, and not as he… — Ernest Holmes
Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught… — Ayn Rand
So the case stands, and under all the passion of the parties and the cries of battle lie the two chief moving causes of the… — Charles Dickens
The world is the geologist's great puzzle-box; he stands before it like the child to whom the separate pieces of his puzzle remain a mystery… — Louis Agassiz
Philosophy stands in need of a science which shall determine the possibility, principles, and extent of human knowledge à priori. — Immanuel Kant
Positivism stands or falls with the principle of scientism, that is that the meaning of knowledge is defined by what the sciences do and can… — Jurgen Habermas
Every great scientist becomes a great scientist because of the inner self-abnegation with which he stands before truth, saying: "Not my will, but thine, be… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Intellect is void of affection and sees an object as it stands in the light of science, cool and disengaged. The intellect goes out of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history. — John Henry Newman
Science stands, a too competant servant, behind her wrangling underbred masters, holding out resources, devices, and remedies they are too stupid to use. ... And… — George Herbert
He that stands still and suffers his enemies to double blows upon him without resistance, will undoubtedly be conquered in the issue. — John Owen
Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually exclusive. As Paul… — Jerry Bridges

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