Anthony Eden Quotes

If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?

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

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

One of the things my family taught me - I think very important in religion and science - is that you must be ready to stand up for what you think. Decide what you really think is best, and stick with it.

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.

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

It is important to keep your head up and follow what you believe is right.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.

Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.

I don't know any other way to live but to wake up every day armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.

This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth.

It is better to die standing, than to live bending.

Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.

If you step out and do what you feel is right... and you're not attacking a person, and you're attacking a process, and you're attacking the status quo... and if somebody wants to hold a grudge against me, that's on them. It's not on me, and I'm going to do what I think is right.

I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.

If something doesn't sit right with you, you got to say no.

You have to stand for the things that you believe in. You have to stay strong inside.

What I do and what I love, I don't betray that. Sometimes people say you have to tolerate it. No, you have to do what you think necessary, what your heart tells you, and go where the Almighty leads you.

I appreciate someone who stands out and stands up for what he believes in, because that's what I'm trying to do.

In life, you need some backbone. You need to stand for something.

Being a Deol for me is to be honest; walking with my head held high and never having to bow in front of injustice.

I'm a big person when it comes to doing what you believe in.

I want to live my life moving forward with integrity and pride.