Standing Up for What You Believe In Quotes

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

A minority may be right. The majority is always wrong.

To be a contrarian, you've got to be a contrarian against your own people.

If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it.

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.

It is always easy to take a position when society agrees with you. It is hard to take a position that everyone else in society disagrees with.

Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that.

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

It's important to raise your voice in things you feel passionate about and things that you know about. Don't raise your voice just to raise your voice if you have nothing behind it and don't know what you're talking about.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.

Whenever a hater said they hated something about Miranda, I'd do it more.

There was one time I flagged every 'Brokeback Mountain' review on Netflix that was negative. I was, like, 'not helpful,' and I spent, like, an hour doing it, and I wrote a really serious review about it. It's hard for me not to get really sensitive. I don't brush things off like that very easily.

Leadership is about having the courage to go against the advice of the so-called experts and doing what your instinct tells you is right.

You do what you think is right and let the law catch up.

I decided to put my money where my mouth was and make films that I believe in. So even if I failed, I failed on my terms.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

When I get the opportunity to do what I love while also taking a stance on things I believe in, it's a very beautiful thing.

Giving children the sense that you always ought to speak up for what's right, even if it costs you something, that's something you can do.

I stand up to people.

A lot of people are afraid to use their platforms because they don't want to lose anything they have - and that's OK. We don't all have to be activists, but I choose to do it because, really, what's the worst that could happen?

If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval.

I'm actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.

I wish I could say I am a rebel for love in real life. I don't think I am so cool.