Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.
Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.
The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
I think a sense of family, of commitment to family, and of helping each other and standing by each other, are essential. I pity anyone who doesn't grow up with that.
I have never left another senator out to dry. Never.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
The people in your life are like the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, and sometimes they lean on you. Sometimes it's enough to know they are standing by.
What I have found is that real friends stand by you.
Loyalty isn't standing by someone when he's right - that's good judgment. Loyalty is standing by someone when he's wrong.
I'll Stay ...leave ...me. ...I'll ...follow ...you.
Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.
The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.
I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.
I'm always on your side.
I don't throw people under the bus. When I stick by a guy - I may not agree with him all the time, but I sure don't throw him under the bus.
Every time we witness an act that we feel to be unjust and do not act, we become a party to injustice.
I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
Children should always be brave and do something about bullying. It's not okay to stand by and let it happen. Bullies thrive off secrecy. Children should tell someone if they see someone being bullied.
It is not a matter of wishing success to the victim of aggression, but of sharing his fate; one must accompany him to his death or to victory
I'm a firm believer in not leaving people out to dry.
Morality is standing by your friends, standing by people when it's not popular. It's sacrificing things on a big international stage, and sometimes it's sacrificing your basic comforts.
Be friends with everybody. When you have friends, you will know there is somebody who will stand by you.
I was always protective of Jayne. I never allowed people to talk about her behind her back because those same people would talk about me.
Driver Shepherd and I had been detailed to drive Lt. Budden in the Wireless Truck. We had been standing by vehicles for an hour, and nothing had happened, but it happened frequently.
If you are a friend of somebody and that friend is in trouble, you don't just drop them.
