#stands

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#man #most #stands #strongest #who

One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, "I have it," merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#being #doing #expanding #goes #i

I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies. ↗

— James Iha

#artist #bands #emerging #i #i love

Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#even #foundation #function #greater #indeed

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. ↗

— Henry Adams

#certain #cheers #only #purpose #serves

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. ↗

— William Alexander

#courage #die #earth #fall #forget

Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things. ↗

— William Ames

#believed #called #everyone #god #heard

The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive. ↗

— Gillian Anderson

#extremely #first #first time #fox #gives

It's harder to be a success, globally, and be artistic. Harder to have that balance than just to be artistic when nobody understands you. ↗

— Andre Benjamin

#balance #globally #harder #just #nobody

Now, China, India have set goals. We're going to be able to review what they're doing. We're going to be able to challenge them if they don't meet those goals. We're going to pursue this anyway, because the President understands that our future lies with a clean energy economy. We've doubled renewables this year. There are millions of jobs to be had there, more energy security, so we're going to pursue this. ↗

— David Axelrod

#anyway #because #challenge #china #clean