Quotes Tagged "stand"

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Let your life reflect the faith you have in God. Fear nothing and pray about everything. Be strong, trust God's word, and trust the process.

We are not sheep or cows. God didn’t create fences for us or boundaries to contain our nationalities. Man did. God didn’t draw up religious barriers to separate us from each other. Man did. And on top of that, no father would like to see his children fighting or killing each other. The Creator favors the man who spreads loves over the man who spreads hate. A religious title does not make anyone more superior over another. If a kind man stands by his conscience and exhibits truth in his words and actions, he will stand by God regardless of his faith. If mankind wants to evolve, we must learn from our past mistakes. If not, our technology will evolve without us.

The thing that grieves the heart of the Lord is when God doesn’t see men who stand in defense of the truth

If God is for you, nothing can stand against you

We stand and fight for God’s truth and with the truth we will win

Stand firm in your faith.

You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.

On the left side of a strong woman, stands a strong man; he is strengthened by her character.

It’s the roots, which are invisible, that make you so invincible.

Strong roots can make you stand or stumble depending on your relation to them.

I think there are periods in this country when behavior is abhorrent: McCarthy, Watergate, Bill Clinton. It's just a question of how the checks and balances in the American system work and how leaders stand up to it or don't stand up to it.

Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the U.N. to take the leading role in Iraq.

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?