A Quote by Marcus Aurelius

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

Marcus Aurelius

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Erect Kept Man Must Others Stand

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Marcus Aurelius
Roman - Leader
121 - 180

The Greeks, the Italians, and the Indians, from whom we get our ideas, erect monuments to ideas; we erect ours to men, and of such monuments we have an oversupply.

Gutzon Borglum

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

Robert Green Ingersoll

He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

Douglas Horton

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.

Mahatma Gandhi

When a shooting takes place, it is not just us, it is an opportunity for many bread earners - the light man, the boom man, the sound staff, the people who work to erect the sets, the camera team.

Pulkit Samrat

Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through.

Germaine Greer

When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion.

Zadie Smith

Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be kept straight by others.

Marcus Aurelius

At 62, I remain clean and sober and my ponytail remains erect.

Ted Nugent

Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.

Charles Eastman

The closer Iraq approaches freedom and democracy, the more impediments and barriers the terrorists will erect.

Howard Coble

Boys have always known they could do anything; all they had to do was look around at their presidents, religious leaders, professional athletes, at the statues that stand erect in big cities and small. Girls have always known they were allowed to feel anything - except anger.