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«For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.»
«A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.»
«It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.»
«A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.»
Author: Malcolm X | Keywords: fall for, for anything, stands
«Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.»
«As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.»
«Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.»
«A teacher stands in fear of teaching.»
Author: French Proverb | Keywords: stands, teaching
«Don't say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.»
«He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.»