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We've found 234 quotes for 'take a firm stand' (0.147 seconds):



"The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack." »Marcus Aelius Aurelius 
"stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra." »Fran Lebowitz 
"Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, somethimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbe them." »John Locke 
"No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him, his secretaries, have written that he was deeply hurt by what was said about him and drawn about him, but on the other hand, Lincoln had the great strength of character never to display it, always able to stand tall and strong and firm no matter how harsh or unfair the criticism might be. These elements of greatness, of course, inspire us all today." »Richard Nixon 
"Get up, stand up stand up for your rights Get up, stand up Never give up the fight." »Bob Marley 
"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends." »J. K. Rowling 
"When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, Can we stand anything else" »George Stanley McGovern 
"We stare into the fire of life, the flame of the soul, Yet we stand, so far away, Basking in the eternal energy that flows from within it, We stand back, too scared to approach the flames." »Unknown 
"Those who stand strong will stand forever." »Joshua D. Clark 
"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" »Henry C. Blinn 
"To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom." »Elbert Hubbard 
"I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool." »Katharine Whitehorn 
"When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light." »John W. Gardner 
"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe." »Dan Quayle 
"a successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him." »Sidney Greenberg 
"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue." »Confucius 
"Don't look for an unshakable rock to stand on; there ain't any! Rather, learn how to stand still on a shaking rock!" »Mehmet Murat ildan 
"adversity is sometimes hard upon a man but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity." »Thomas Carlyle 
"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." »John Adams 
"It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled sea of thought." »John Kenneth Galbraith 
"a successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him." »David Brink 
"a successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her." »David McClure Brinkley 
"It is meant that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm that cannot be seduced." »William Shakespeare 
"Indeed, we do not really live unless we have friends surrounding us like a firm wall against the winds of the world." »Charles Hanson Towne 
"Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant." »Derek Bethune 
"a firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly troubles." »B. B. Warfield 
"Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant." »Socrates 
"I am a firm believer of reading the horoscopes. I read all twelve, pick the one that sounds the best and go with that one." »David A. Cronin 
"You, the Spirit of the Settlement ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries..." »Israel Zangwill 
"Rock is a great master of life. It teaches us this simple philosophy: Stay firm!" »Mehmet Murat ildan 
   BTW, Why won't you become an editor?

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