Sentences with phrase «take standing on»

Such a person no doubt loses something in the way of geniality and light - heartedness; on the other hand, he is largely independent of the opinions, habits and judgments of his fellow and avoids the temptation to take his stand on such insecure foundations.»

If companies are looking to attract tech talent, the number one thing they can do is take a stand on some of these social, moral and ethical issues.»

And where there are things that we really believe culturally we need to take a stand on, we do take a stand.

In fact, 78 percent of millennials and 74 percent of the general population think more companies should take a stand on important social issues.

As one of the backers of Fed Up, a documentary about our growing addiction to sweet, processed foods, she's taken a stand on sugar (in her stores, she's banned treats from the checkout aisle).

Instead of bland, crowd - pleasing statements about mission and beliefs, customers now expect — and sometimes demand — that big - name companies take stands on political issues.

«Indra Nooyi has become a leading voice among Fortune 500 CEOs in no small part because of her willingness to take a stand on the broader purpose of the corporation, while delivering top - echelon performance,» he said in a statement.

While it's rare to see CEOs here take a public stand (witness the silence of Toronto's business leaders when the Rob Ford scandals unfolded), a growing number of American executives are stepping into the public spotlight, taking stands on issues like religious freedom, gay marriage and gun control.

«This allows me to take a stand on controversial issues: In fact, it obliges me to do so because others can not.»

The sports anchor testified she had to deny the leaked stalker video was a publicity stunt when she took the stand on Monday.

The best - run companies have leaders willing to take a stand on societal issues such as gun control, Bill George says.

Interesting because it involves the CEO of a major corporation taking a stand on a touchy subject.

And if Canada wants to promote LGBT + rights globally, it could do worse than making common cause with governments like Timor - Leste's that are taking a stand on this issue.

Raymond James advisors say that while the email has not stirred much action or discussion among colleagues, they were happy to see their chief executive take a stand on the proposal.

This can be anything from serving locally sourced ingredients to taking a stand on a social issue.

As more business leaders take a stand on fraught political issues, some find they pay a price by angering consumers on the other side.

The Coraopolis, Penn. - based retailer, which has more than 700 stores nationwide, is the latest brand to take a stand on gun control.

Back then, even for a pragmatist like James, Christianity was the kind of thing you had to take a stand on.

«Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self - abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind and not holding fast to the head, Christ, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.»

Since atheism per se takes no stand on the killing of innocent people, when an sociopathic atheist is responsible for the deaths of people, be it one person or a million, it does not represent any kind of inconsistency with his status as an atheist.

However, rather than taking a stand on the issue and then endeavoring to persuade the church to proceed accordingly, President Wilson vacillated, frozen by a fear of pluralism and disunity.

Job 19:25 - 27 — «As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth.

Many churches and other houses of worship have taken stands on these issues and lots of others, which is their prerogative.

There was a time when American pastors routinely took stands on the big economic issues of the day.

They ignore the negative judgments on the world to be found abundantly in the Gospels and Epistles and take their stand on the text «God so loved the world...» They go so far as to suggest that the church is not really important.

This point was emphasized because Walliyulla seems to have felt that the Shi'as had from the outset given a highly personal turn to religion by taking their stand on loyalty to the house of Au, which logically involved a condemnation of all those members of the Islamic community who did not believe that the succession to the holy Prophet was an exclusive privilege of his family.

When we are pressed to choose or value or take a stand on the basis of true family, it is this company of the faithful to whom we owe our loyalty.

Check your Bible, it does not take a stand on abortion, in fact many passages seem to imply that it is supported and that God is pro-choice.

I'm not taking a stand on one side of the homosexuality issue or the other.

I agree wit you fully, although I don't take your stand on the NKJV.I think the NLT is great.

In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in the search for truth justly undermines our position, we too fall with it.»

I hate it when politicians take stands on abortion too!

The Doctrine - Index score was strongly related to the tendency to speak out: of the modernists, 93 per cent had taken a stand on a political issue from the pulpit.

If we, as so - called Christians, can't take a stand on what we believe and stick with it, we are no better than the Pharisees of old.

Rorty does take a stand on a current educational issue when he supports efforts to promote literacy in a democracy so that the electorate can understand the issues of the day and become better citizens.

On the other hand, the notion of God as sentimental niceness — what I have called «smothering love» — springs from the wish of many people to be so completely tolerant that they are unwilling or unable to take a stand on anything.

How come he doesn't take a stand on issues such as gun control vs gun rights?

The prophets took their stand on the conviction that God has a hand in human affairs, and they therefore interpreted the events of their time with insight derived from their converse with the Eternal («hearing the word of the Lord.»

We witness the movement of God's Spirit calling on new leaders and generations of persons to take a stand on behalf of the most vulnerable.

In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in the search for truth justly undermines this position, we too fall with it.»

Nor do they take a stand on the recently enacted (but hotly debated) charitable choice legislation, which would allow religious organizations to compete equally for welfare contracts and to provide services without having to sanitize them of all religious content.

Strong neutrality, according to Arthur, «demands that government not take a stand on any moral issue.»

You have to study scripture and take a stand on the truth and not be concerned about what others think.

Members want the pastor to take a stand on moral issues as long as the position taken claims to be biblical and conforms to their moral values and commitments.3

I have been asking CatholicMom and others, why the Christians were not taking a stand on the Republican cuts, that are aimed at the poor and middle class.

In such a case, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in the search of truth justly undermines this position, we too fall with it.

The guy can't even take a stand on science based facts.

In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in the search of truth justly undermines this position, we too fall with it.»

We need the doctrinal statement so people know what we believe, and so we can take a stand on the truth.

Taking a stand on something is fine and dandy, but that theory, (and your little answer tree) is blown clear out of the water if something unknown is thrown into the mix, which question one clearly was, to some people.