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Quotes About Stand

the apostles of mediocrity shall always stand to defend mediocrity out of mediocrity
~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Beauty standsIn the admiration only of weak mindsLed captive.
~ John Milton
Awake, arise or be for ever fall'n.
~ John Milton
Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.
~ John Milton
I told you when you were married, I told you to take a firm stand on certain things." "You never told me what things, though." "Well, dear, a nice girl. I couldn't very well tell you some things till the matter came up.
~ John O'Hara
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here!
~ John Parker
Never stand between a dog and the hydrant.
~ John Peers
Once upon a time, there was a safe, private place to take your controversial stand for Jesus. No more. If you are going to stand, you will be shot at—either figuratively or literally.
~ John Piper
Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.
~ John Quincy Adams
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
~ John Quincy Adams
You can't stand for Jesus without a Christ-like spirit.
~ John Yates
God's tried and tested people will find their power in the sign spoken of in Exodus 31:12-18. They are to take their stand on the living word: "It is written." This is the only foundation upon which they can stand securely.53
~ Ellen G. White
come, they find us unready. Only by acting upon principle in the tests of daily life can we acquire power to stand firm and faithful in the most dangerous and most difficult positions.
~ Ellen G. White
comparison with the millions of the world, God's people will be, as they have ever been, a little flock; but if they stand for the truth as revealed in His word, God will be their refuge.
~ Ellen G. White
I hear they're givin' you a bad reputation just because you've never been denied. You try to say you've done it all before, baby, you know that you just get tired. Yet everybody loves you so much, girl, I just don't know how you stand the strain. Oh, I, I'm the one who's here tonight, and I don't wanna do it all in vain.
~ Elvis Costello
So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you - and fight alongside you - until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way.
~ Barack Obama
When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that.
~ Barbara Boxer
Hubert Humphrey advised new members, "If you feel an urge to stand up and make a speech attacking Vietnamese policy, don't make it.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
A preacher goes into a bar and says, "Anybody who wants to go to heaven, stand up." Everybody stands up except for a drunk in the corner. The preacher says, "My son, don't you want to go to heaven when you die?" "When I die? Sure. I thought you were taking a load up now.
~ Barry Dougherty
I know I'm on a small cable reality show. I'm realistic where I stand in the scheme of things.
~ Jai Rodriguez
It is time to take a stand for the future. Not in just words but actions. It is time to step up and demand the Vision. For by its realization, we all will win, and I mean us all.
~ Rick Tumlinson
I'm realizing this more and more that it's one thing to get involved with your own political beliefs and stand behind you believe in personally. But as far as bands doing that in a way where they think they're going to fight the government, the only people they're really hurting is the fans.
~ John Petrucci
It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact on the policy, it may be principled, but it doesn't deliver the better outcome that the country needs.
~ Dominic Grieve
People are scared to take a stand. If you do take a stand you receive backlash.
~ Liz Cambage