Why Stand In Line?

Here I stand. I can do no other! - Martin Luther

Stand up and walk out of your history. - Phil McGraw

No one ever built a legacy by standing still. - Ravi Zacharias

Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place. - Rumi

Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall. - Carine Roitfeld

The law must be stable, but it must not stand still. - Roscoe Pound

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. - Harry S Truman

Lines of gulls standing on glassy blue patches of wet sand. - Cathleen Schine

Be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. - Abraham Lincoln

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork. - Peter de Vries

Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it. - Sam Kinison

Be a pineapple: stand tall, wear a crown, and be sweet on the inside. - Unknown

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much. - Marian W. Edelman

Men, remember there is no retreat from here. You must die where you stand. - Colin Campbell

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. - Ogden Nash

There, standing at the piano, was the original good time who had been had by all. - Kenneth Tynan

He who takes a stand is often wrong, but he who fails to take a stand is always wrong. - Unknown

We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still. - Mignon McLaughlin

Being ourselves means sometimes having to find the courage to stand alone, totally alone. - Brene Brown

The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. - Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr.

You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds.' - Earl Nightingale

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln

The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving. - Oliver Wendell-Holmes

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill

When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again. - Albert Einstein

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. - George Jessel

You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments; then the wind blows your footprints away. - Arlene Blum

Being diagnosed with diabetes can be a very scary thing, and it can easily make your life stand still for a moment. - Charlie Kimball

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then do something. Don't just stand there; make something happen. - Lee Iacocca

She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father. - Harper Lee

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained. I stand and look at them long and long. - Walt Whitman

What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are. - C S Lewis

You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury. - Lee Child

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. - Elvis Presley

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated. - Kevin Costner

Can't figure women. Sometimes they're afraid of a spider, other times they're not afraid to stand right up to the devil. - Donal Harding

Dream big - dream very big. Word hard - work very hard. And after you've done all you can, you stand, wait, and fully surrender. - Oprah Winfrey

Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another. - George Carlin

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. - Winston Churchill

Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fight, and you're going in with a game plan. - Russell Peters