Stand Quotes

The only thing that matters is that we stand firm.

We can either continue to collectively stand on the sidelines and debate what is causing autism and if it is an epidemic or we can get on the field and start addressing the real problem - a generation of children with autism. We are not focusing enough on prevention, treatments and support services.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

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.

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

American businesses deserve a federal government that doesn't stand in their way, not one that tries to chase them overseas.

Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East. They have taken a stand against tyranny, against terrorists, and for the prospect of decent societies throughout that region.

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.

People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.

I've always been known as the fat kid from Stand By Me.

It's really important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don't feel that that's true.

Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand?

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.

White Man, let us stand together to secure the survival of your people and my people, for they are one and the same - they are our beloved, miraculous, wonderful, blessed and masterful white race!

There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won't stand for that.

It doesn't make any difference what religion you are, or how young you are or how old you are-if they go to these abortion mills and stand there and pray-that would make a lot of difference.

Don't let anything stand in the way of you claiming and manifesting the life that you choose rather than the life you have by default.

I just find 'Scooby-Doo' unwatchable. I can't stand it. I like all those other Hanna-Barbera shows about a thousand times more than 'Scooby-Doo.'

The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.

I love stand up and it keeps me grounded, to say the stuff I have been thinking without anyone changing it.

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.

Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.

When the great history of trouble is written, my family will stand extremely high in the table of contents.

I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it.