Stands Quotes

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements.

No man is an island. No man stands alone.

Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith.

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

Handicaps are mindsets, whatever it is that stands in the way of achieving something, that's when it's a handicap. I prefer them as obstacles or challenges. This is how I've been my whole life, I don't know any different. I just live my life through my feet.

For writing style and pace, your work stands alone.

Patriotism threatens free speech with death. In other words, the American flag stands for intimidation, censorship, violence, bigotry, sexism, homophobia and shoving the Constitution through a paper shredder. Who are we calling terrorists?

Ultimately what the Elian Gonzalez case stands for is the right of a parent to speak for and raise a child ... irrespective of the parent's nationality, ideology or economic status.

At least he's speaking for the fans. Every fan in (the) stands that night wanted to go up and yell at that team. He did it. That's the sign of a good owner, an owner who cares. We need more owners like that.

In a sport that has had many champion quarterbacks, John Unitas stands, in my mind, as the greatest at his position. He was the forerunner to how the game is played today. His toughness and leadership abilities were outstanding, and he bore the face of his team greater than any player in history. He is one of the central figures upon which our game is built.

Among the many thousands of things that I have never been able to understand, one in particular stands out. That is the question of who was the first person who stood by a pile of sand and said, "You know, I bet if we took some of this and mixed it with a little potash and heated it, we could make a material that would be solid and yet transparent. We could call it glass." Call me obtuse, but you could stand me on a beach till the end of time and never would it occur to me to try to make it into windows.

The 'O' in GOP sometimes stands for overreact, and given the chance to throw a temper tantrum, they will.

That means something to us in leadership at a profound level. We saw something we couldn't 'stands no more,'.

It was the most boring environment you could imagine. There were maybe two people in the stands. There was no cheering. Then Michael swims 1:59. I remember walking to my car after that swim, stopping and saying out loud, 'He's going to make the Olympic team.' That day changed everything.

It's got to be like that on the field. Ultimately it's going to be like that in the stands, and we can build on that. That's our goal.

We are going to have a greater urban impact. Anytime you can create awareness, it stands to create interest.

I just know that when I look into the stands, I'll see them. It won't affect my concentration or my focus. It's just more fun. After the meet is over, I know I can go up to my parents, and we can go out to dinner or whatever. It's nice that they're going to see me at my last home meet.

I sat in the stands in Italy and shook my head. And not to disrespect the performance of our players, but it was so obvious to me at that point in time that we had a long way to go, and 16 years later we get to replay these matches. So it will be interesting to see where we are.

The NAACP stands behind the school board's decision to redistrict. The NAACP feels separate-but-equal has no place in this society. We feel that if parents would let the children go to school together it (the issue) would work itself out.

I love that in the clothes, the body is what stands up, the person.

When a just cause reaches its flood tide - whatever stands in the way must fall before its overwhelming power.