Standing Quotes

• You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Motivational, Adventure, Positivity

  Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore (1968). “Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India”

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• Nobody's taller than the last man standing

  LaMichael James

  Sports, Men, Lasts

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  I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Money, Believe, Army

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• If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

  Malcolm X

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Be not afraid of rowing slowly. Be afraid of standing still.

  Hannah Whitall Smith

  Rowing, Not Afraid, Standing Still

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• Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances. You are a child of God. Stand up straight.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, God, Children

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 30, 2013

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• Where you stand determines what you see and what you do not see; it determines also the angle you see it from; a change in where you stand changes everything.

  Steve de Shazer

  Change, Views, Perspective

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  If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

  Isaac Newton

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Humility

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  The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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• I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

  Nicole Kidman

  Awkward, Posing

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  There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Sports, Sarcastic

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• In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Thomas Jefferson (2013). “The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible”, p.139, BookBaby

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• It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.

  Publilius Syrus

  Kindness, Integrity, Men

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• Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Business, Two Sides, Decision

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• It occurred to me that I was standing face to face with the hero of a love story nearly as dramatic as my own.

  Richelle Mead

  Hero, Stories, Faces

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• You are far too smart to be the only thing standing in your way.

  Jennifer Freeman

  Inspirational, Smart, Bad Ass

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• Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.

  Noah Webster

  Army, Gun, Power

  Noah Webster (1787). “An Examination Into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia: With Answers to the Principal Objections that Have Been Raised Against the System”, p.43

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• Just be wrong. Just stand there in your wrongness and be wrong, and get used to it.

  Josiah Bartlett

  Physicians, Used, Wronged

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• What, sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty ... Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.

  Elbridge Gerry

  Freedom, Mean, Army

  House of Representatives, Amendments to the Constitution, August 17, 1789.

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• On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!

  Alexander the Great

  Fighting, Men, History

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• There, poor sinner, take my garment, and put it on; you shall stand before God as if you were Christ, and I will stand before God as if I had been the sinner; I will suffer in the sinner's stead, and you shall be rewarded for works that you did not do, but which I did for you.

  Charles Spurgeon

  God, Christian, Jesus

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.36, Barbour Publishing

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• Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

  Anne Lamott

  Running, Commitment, Acceptance

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.236, Anchor

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• I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

  Shania Twain

  Knees, Kneeling, Dies

  Song: Black Eyes, Blue Tears, Album: Come On Over

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• 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.

  Muhammad Ali

  Freedom, Humorous, Equality

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Jul 26, 2012

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• We cannot stand through the storms of life based on someone else's faith. We must be fully assured in our own hearts and minds.

  Joyce Meyer

  Inspirational, Life, Faith

  Joyce Meyer (2016). “Power Thoughts: 12 Strategies to Win the Battle of the Mind”, p.46, Hachette UK

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