Quotes of: Standing-up Keyword

It is hard to remain iconoclastic when standing waist-deep in the shards of smashed icons.

A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred

The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self.

In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership

You stand for what is right- for the patient and the staff. Pressures of work may down you, maybe bent but not broken.

No Return Address: A collection of poems

In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.

In November

My patience has dreadful chilblains from standing so long on a monument.

Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 1836-1854

You can cower,” she told them in a clear voice, wrapping her long shaking fingers around the cold iron bars. “But I will stand.

Lipstick & Bolsheviks

The time will come when you will doubt everything you stand for, but you must push forward and never stop. Do not let others speak for you, or you will lose your voice forever.” ~The Grimoire

Lichgates

Every man should stand under the blue and stars, under the infinite flag of nature, the peer of every other man.

The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child

Sometimes history cleaves and for one helpless moment stands still like the pause when the ax splits a log and the two halves rest on end waiting to fall.

The Lacuna

flagrant, adj. I would be standing right there, and you would walk out of the bathroom without putting the cap back on the toothpaste.

The Lover's Dictionary

Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more--it's sad, but that's the truth.

The Lake

We don’t need to take off our pants and stand naked in the snow to experience the harshness of life; a clever person even can feel it with a bottle of wine.

LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS

I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other.

Letters to a Young Poet

Should I tell her of the moments of joy, the intense pleasure of holding the hand of the one you love and wishing that time would stand still?

Lilly's Wedding Quilt

Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.

Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way

All unbelievers in Jesus Christ is a House Divided Against Itself; it cannot stand against Jesus Christ.

Spiritual Wisdom from Jesus Christ: Volume One

We are not on this earth to just stand still & look pretty. The museums already have enough statues.

The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

I have this strange feeling none of this is really happening. Like I'm standing far away from myself. Like nothing is real. Have you ever had a feeling like that?

Sister

You will never gain anyone's approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.

The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

People ate everyday, and often times they didn't pause when standing in the fresh produce section of the grocery store to realize the magnitude of God's earth that feeds them.

A Season for Tending

There’s always a choice. That’s God’s way, always will be. Your will is still free. Do as you will. There’s no set of leg-irons on you. But... this is what God wants of you.

The Stand