You have to have enough conviction to stand for something. It doesn't matter if it's the opposing party or your own party.

Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together.

I am inspired by the likes of Steve Biko, Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana and those of their calibre. They understood fully what it means to be selfless and to stand for something.

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything.

When you stand for something, you've got to stand for it all the way, not half way.

When you walk out here with the Bobcats logo, stand for something. Not wearing your hat to the back, sagging jeans. Be a professional, that's how I present myself to them.

When you just stand for something, you kind of stand for it.

When you look at some of the greatest people and players in the world they all stand for something outside their working lives.

In terms of companies, they must stand for something bigger. They must be dedicated to something larger than financial results. I reject the Milton Friedman belief that a company's sole responsibility is to the shareholders.

The problem often is that aspiring brands wish to be universally loved. Unfortunately, universal love is neither achievable nor desirable. Instead, great brands are loved by some and hated by others because they actually stand for something.

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?

It's really important for everyone in our community to stand for something.

You must stand for something! It does not have to be grand, but it must be a positive that brings light to someone else's darkness.

If you stand for something you will have people for you and people against you. But if you stand for nothing you will have nobody for you and nobody against you.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

We did want to stand for something, not just cute girls with cute concepts. Everything we talk about has meaning behind it.

One of the great business virtues of high publishing was that it was a difficult business to enter. You had to stand for something.

Whatever we were saying in our music had to represent something and really stand for something. I just wanted to do something with purpose.