“My advice to you is this. Do not attempt to stand alone…. The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.”
Source: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
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American writer 1917–1967Related quotes
“Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.”
Source: A Voice in the Wind
“You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”
Dr. Stockmann, Act V
An Enemy of the People (1882)
“Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone.”
This source is disputed as it does not cite an original document for the quote. The correct author is Suzy Kassem.
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Part IV, ch. 1
The Song of the Lark (1915)
Context: The great pines stand at a considerable distance from each other. Each tree grows alone, murmurs alone, thinks alone. They do not intrude upon each other. The Navajos are not much in the habit of giving or of asking help. Their language is not a communicative one, and they never attempt an interchange of personality in speech. Over their forests there is the same inexorable reserve. Each tree has its exalted power to bear.
“You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.”
