Respectability Defined...Frederick Douglass

"A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me."

--Frederick Douglass

Madame Tussauds' Frederick Douglass 

#LeadershipTuesdays: Stand Up and Be Counted...Robert F. Kennedy

“It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man [woman] stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he [she] sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

--Robert F. Kennedy, 1966

Starting A Movement...Derek Sivers

“If you really care about starting a movement, have the courage to follow and show others how to follow. And when you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first one to stand up and join in.”

--Derek Sivers, Founder, CD Baby

https://sivers.org/

Stand Up For Yourself...Queen Latifah

“You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!” "

--Queen Latifah

What Will You Do With Your Defining Moment?...Richard Pound

Occasions for defining moments do not arise every day. When they do, we must seize the opportunities they present for improving everyone's life.

--Richard Pound

Never Be Afraid To Take A Stand For Truth...William Faulkner

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.” 

--William Faulkner

Doing What's Right...Martin Luther King, Jr.

“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”

--Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Stand, Speak, Be Bold!!...Voltaire

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

--Voltaire 

Stand Up, Fight, & Stand Apart...Jim Butcher

“‎It isn't enough to stand up and fight darkness. You've got to stand apart from it, too. You've got to be different from it.” 

--Jim Butcher, Fool Moon

Take A Stand...Yehuda Bauer

"Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander."   --Yehuda Bauer

Stand Like A Rock Or Go With The Flow...Thomas Jefferson

"In matters of conscience, stand like a rock; in matters of fashion, go with the flow."

--Thomas Jefferson

Stand And Speak Your Mind...Maggie Kuhn

"Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind; even if your voice shakes."

--Maggie Kuhn, Founder of the Gray Panthers