“Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.”

“You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.”

“No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it. Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that…"”

“Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise.”

“Standing up to your government can mean standing up for your country.”

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

“To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment”

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

“Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone.”

“If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.”