Stand Quotes

A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.

Danish Proverb

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

Robert Louis Stevenson

We are reformers in the spring and summer, but in autumn we stand by the old. Reformers in the morning, and conservers at night.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

United we stand, divided we fall.

George Pope Morris

That's the problem with religion: you beat your way past the clerics, fight your way through the demons, stand before the holy of holies, and when you rip away the veil, there's nothing there but a mirror

Owen Rowley

I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.

John Diefenbaker

Nearly all men can stand adversity. But if you want to test a man's character - give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.

Lord Acton

The main problem in marriage is that for a man sex is a hunger like eating. If the man is hungry and canít get to a fancy French restaurant, he goes to a hot dog stand. For a woman, what is important is love and romance.

Joan Fontaine

Atheism deprives superstition of its stand ground, and compels Theism to reason for its existence

George Jacob Holyoake

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Winston Churchill

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Harry S. Truman

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

Charles de Montesquieu

Live according to the ethics of excellence, and you can always stand proud. Pride - not vanity, but dignity and self-respect - should carry a lot of weight in helping you make decisions. Let pride help you decide.

Price Pritchett

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln