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Quotes About Stand

No, his repentance parts the water so that our (weak) repentance can stand up in that water.
~ Scot McKnight
The book of Revelation requires us to take a stand for the Lamb in this world. To read it well we must learn to think "theo-politically," or to say this another way, the entire book of Revelation is about public discipleship.
~ Scot McKnight
the podium is what you stand on. The lectern is what you stand behind.
~ Scott Berkun
You've the presence of a mouse fart in a high wind. Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.
~ Scott Lynch
Chorus, you call yourself," he said. "You've the presence of a mouse fart in a high wind. Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.
~ Scott Lynch
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Gal. 5:1 NIV)
~ Scotty Smith
Well, I don't know. Home Alone, I was a lot younger and I was in every shot and it was a lot colder, so Home Alone was physically demanding but more like being able to stand for a long time.
~ Alex D. Linz
Leading innovation can be a uniquely lonely and unpopular thing because most of the time, you have to stand by yourself saying, "Everybody sees the world this way. I see the world another way."
~ Christopher Galvin
Time is of the essence, The crowd and players Are the same age always, But the man in the stand, Is older every season.
~ Rolfe Humphries
The time on either side of now stands fast.
~ Maxine Kumin
There are so many moments to remember and sometimes I think that maybe we're not really people at all. Maybe moments are what we are.... Sometimes I just survive. But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.
~ Markus Zusak
The world is an ugly stew, she thought. It's so ugly I can't stand it.
~ Markus Zusak
Even Rudy stood completely erect, feigning nonchalance, tensing himself against the tension.
~ Markus Zusak
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right....
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is simply my way of saying that I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity. Occasionally in life one develops a conviction so precious and meaningful that he will stand on it till the end. That is what I have found in nonviolence.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
While I had followed a policy of not endorsing political candidates, I felt that the prospect of Senator Goldwater being President of the United States so threatened the health, morality, and survival of our nation, that I could not in good conscience fail to take a stand against what he represented.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
No one can understand my conflict who has not looked into the eyes of those he loves, knowing that he has no alternative but to take a dangerous stand that leaves them tormented.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Studdert stood firm with his decision not to take more, but you could see he was uneasy about it.
~ Atul Gawande
Each of us is called upon to take a stand. So in these days ahead, as we examine ourselves and each other, our works, our fears, our differences, our sisterhood and survivals, I urge you to tackle what is most difficult for us all, self-scrutiny of our complacencies, the idea that since each of us believes she is on the side of right, she need not examine her position.
~ Audre Lorde
Gone were the days when she would stand on the deck lighting lemon-scented candles without then having to eat the wax
~ Augusten Burroughs
Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
~ Ayn Rand
Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea. That presupposes the ability to think. Thinking is something one doesn't borrow or pawn.
~ Ayn Rand
Do you think integrity is the monopoly of the artist? And what, incidentally, do you think integrity is? The ability not to pick a watch out of your neighbor's pocket? No, it's not as easy as that. If that were all, I'd say ninety-five percent of humanity were honest, upright men. Only, as you can see, they aren't. Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea. That presupposes the ability to think. Thinking is something one doesn't borrow or pawn.
~ Ayn Rand
As down the centuries, a few men stand in lonely rectitude that we may look and say, there is a human race behind us.
~ Ayn Rand