Best Standing Quotes

Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others.

Loving yourself means being your own best friend, standing by yourself at all times, including times of failure; being there for yourself no matter what.

If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.

Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of a cat is an unscrutable mystery.

Cats – a standing rebuke to behavioural scientists . . . least human of all creatures.

There’s a long-term tradition of white supremacy in this country. [Donald] Trump isn’t something entirely new. But then there is the crisis for white supremacy in this country now where you have people of color standing up for themselves in ways that they’ve never stood up for themselves or at least standing up for themselves in a generational, novel way.

Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make a man with its black arts – a mere shadow and reminiscence of humanity, a man laid out alive and standing, and already, as one may say, buried under arms with funeral accompaniments.

A government, founded on impartial liberty, where all have a voice and a vote, irrespective of color or of sex–what is there to hinder such a government from standing firm.

I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.

Most companies don’t die because they are wrong; they die because they don’t commit themselves. They fritter away their momentum and their valuable resources while attempting to make a decision. The greatest danger is standing still.

Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I’m standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering what it would be like if I had the courage to show up and let myself be seen.

I don’t care about my character here on earth.I don’t care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.

When it comes to standing up for veterans, we cannot be the Republicans and Democrats, we have to be the red, white, and blue party.

To secure your historical standing, be sure you are the first to write about it.

I know of no case where a man added to his dignity by standing on it.

Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I’m standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering what it would be like if I had the courage to show up and let myself be seen.

Being where I’m at, standing in these shoes, it feels amazing. It feels like a weight has been lifted.

Life is change. If you aren’t growing and evolving, you’re standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.

I knew an actor’s career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can’t be your whole identity; otherwise, you’re doomed

Being a celebrity made me so uncomfortable that I would have preferred standing behind the amplifiers.

Life is like riding a bicycle. You get nowhere standing up, so get up on that seat and go!

I prefer to leave standing up, like a well-mannered guest at a party.

I never really liked Italy. ‘Lots of cement’ is my long-standing quote.

I just keep fighting and try to be the last one standing.

I don’t like waking up. I feel like staying in bed usually, but I can’t because I’ve got two kids standing next to my bed, just eager to live another day.

A king should die standing.

Standing up for what you believe in comes at a price but backing down exacts a toll that your soul never stops paying

The best part about getting knocked down is standing back up knowing what you didn’t before.

The reason it’s worth standing up for punctuation is not that it’s an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of the vapours when they see it misapplied. The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.

You know, I’ve learned that sometimes you can only see what you want to see by changing where you stand. And standing somewhere unexpected can lead to unexpected discoveries.

Waiting for inspiration is like standing at the airport waiting for a train.

Baptists never make love standing up. They’re afraid someone might see them and think they’re dancing.

I hope that I’m not the type of person who, standing at the doorway to hell, strikes a heroic pose and then starts frowning with indecision.

I’m standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I’m happy to see them go.