stand tall
Verb
Meaning
stand tall (third-person singular simple present stands tall, present participle standing tall, simple past and past participle stood tall)
(idiomatic) To behave in a brave, proud, or unyielding manner, without retreating from confrontation, danger, or adversity.
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You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.
If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight.
1920. Both of us were about to capitulate facing spiritual breakdown. Then we helped each other to stand tall and did not falter. My answer was: Resistance!
It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.
A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.
If we stand tall it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us.