Martin Luther Quotes

I stand firm in what I believe in.

If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way.

I don't think that has to be our choice... This party was born in principle. This party will die if it doesn't stand by its decision of principle.

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

I think it cannot be shown that when I have once taken a position, I have ever retreated from it.

I stand for all people even if it causes me political heartburn - and I'm going to do that no matter what my future holds.

Make sure you have that conviction to do what you know is right, and once you have it, don't let skeptics distract you from your path.

Those who know me best know that my opinions don't change with the wind.

I'm always going to stand up for my beliefs and stand behind them.

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

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

I've been so willing to stay strong and stick to my guns for so long when it comes to my beliefs.

I've stuck by my beliefs, I'm not going to change.

Of course, we will face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Just remember, strength and courage. If you stand on principle, you'll never lose.

I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think is the right thing, I will not do it.

Even if you disagree w/me-I HAVE TO STAND,like you FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN.WITH ALL MY HEART AND MIND

Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other-my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

We cannot be caught in the bond of suspicion. We have to carry out what we should be doing with a firm determination.

There are times when each of us has to have some gumption to take a stand as to what we wish to preserve or change in order to maintain our self-respect and not be as "a reed shaken with the wind" (Matt. 11:7) . . . . We lose much credibility and strength, and we risk being weighed on an uneven balance, when, Don Quixote-like, we go around "tilting windmills".

Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so: we still shall have the proud consolation of saying to our consciences, and to the departed shade of our country's freedom, that the cause approved of our judgment and adored of our hearts, in disaster, in chains, in torture, in death, we never faltered in defending.

When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree by the river of truth, and tell the whole world - No, you move.

But when you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world.