Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
If you stand for something, you will always find some people for you and some people against you. If you stand for nothing, you will find nobody against you, and nobody for you.
I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Stand for something. Don't quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty.
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground.
The happiest people I've ever met, regardless of their profession, their social standing, or their economic status, are people that are fully engaged in the world around them. The most fulfilled people are the ones who get up every morning and stand for something larger than themselves. They are the people who care about others, who will extend a helping hand to someone in need or will speak up about an injustice when they see it.
A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.
In every generation, the world is changed by a few people, who stand for something, do not fear unpopularity and dare to make a difference.
The best way to be missed when you're gone is to stand for something when you're here.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.
The problem with most leaders today is they don't stand for anything. Leadership implies movement toward something, and convictions provide that direction. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything
When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.
To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of direction. You need a commitment to something bigger and more important than yourself. You need to feel that your life stands for something, that you are somehow making a valuable contribution to your world.
If you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing.
The sky is falling, the wind is calling Stand for something, or die in the morning
Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.
Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?
It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.
I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him - A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality - And I wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.
I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.
Indifference is the acid of life. It erodes all the spirit that's in us and makes us useless to anyone else. We all have to stand for something, or our souls cease to breathe.
We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.
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