“A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.”

“If we don't stand up for others, who will be left to stand up for us?”

“No one respects a man who is always apologizing and backpedaling. No one respects a man who is always asking for permission. No one respects a man who won't stand up for himself or fight for his own interests. No one wants to cheer for a team that stopped playing to win. Most people would agree that men who don't play to win deserve to lose.”

“Courage is standing up for what you believe in. There are so many people who aren't willing to stand up. You've got to fight.”

“Stand up for the 70% of Americans who aren't crazy.”

“Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.”

“Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.”

“Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!”

“The real Tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.”

“If anything happens, Marcus will save you. Won't you, Marcus? Hale asked, looking up at the man, who nodded.

It would be an honor, Miss.”