Standing Quotes

Standing in our power requires us to let go of the need to make others like us & instead stand committed to honoring ourselves.

I look at climbing not so much as standing on the top as seeing the other side. There are always other horizons in front of you, other horizons to go beyond and that's what I like about climbing.

I simply find it boring to walk around like everybody else. I find it really great to stand out and do something special.

A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it.

A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be watched with a jealous eye.

There's a difference between standing up and telling people what you're planning to do and standing up and going and accomplishing something.

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

People waiting for an elevator don't know what to do, standing with strangers. There is nothing to do. Its an uneasy time. Some press the button repeatedly as though it would help.

One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. "Away with you," I say. But Comrade Appetite does not budge from the spot.

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.

Challenge me, that'd be to my advantage I'm outstanding, like standing outside up in the twister, and walking out undamaged

Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world, and letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.

Let me explain something to you - you have not been standing in front of thirty thousand decibals for thirty-five years - write me a note!

I have spent the better part of my adult life standing up and fighting for working families.

I just want to give you this one piece of advice: if you're standing and you could be sitting, sit. If you're sitting and you could be lying down, lie down.

True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.

Modeling's terrifying to a lot of people. Standing in front of a camera is terrifying. I like a challenge.

Maybe you're not meant to fit in. maybe you're supposed to stand out.

I fell so many times and got back up. I been through the toughest times with my family, but I’m still standing.

The only thing that can possibly keep you from going after your dreams is the person standing in your shoes, wearing your clothes, and thinking your negative thoughts.

Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not elevate your standing, nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image.

I think my main concern is because I worry about demagoguery. It's real. You see the people standing up there and applauding.

If I ever wanted a gnome, I guess Id just stand out on my lawn for a while.

The New York times' long-standing motto, 'All the News That's Fit to Print,' should be changed to reflect today's reality: 'Manufacturing News to Fit an Ideology.'

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of standing on the banks and noting the course of the currents.

Europe is standing on the brink of the greatest tragedy in the history of the human race: a new world war, that may involve the doom of our entire civilisation.

Think about it, if you was there standing looking at me. What would you do, if I hit your face with dog doo-doo?

If you treat life well, life is usually good to you. And I love life. There's a long-standing affair between us.

I was only seven but I remember thinking that everything in the world was standing still.

Don't be scared to embrace the way that it hurts just to grow. You'll look back and your heart will thank you for not standing still when what you needed the most was to move forward

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

Standing near someone you love in a time of trouble is its own reward.

Any fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success.

We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die....So just standing still isn't really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.

I am standing like shoe polish on an overstocked shelf hoping that one day someone will pick me to make things better.

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

One of the most exciting moments was standing out on top of the world, 30 seconds before stepping off.

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.

People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me.

Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.

There were millions of such families anxious only for peace and quiet in their own little nests. These were the mounting blocks by which the criminals climbed to power and kept it.

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

I'm standing in the desert, waiting for my ship to come in.

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.

Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?

We're not meant to fit in. We're meant to stand out.

Standing up for yourself doesn't always involve verbal confrontation. Sometimes it's about not wasting energy on people who are negative.

There is no greater thing than standing victorious in the arena.