Standing Up For What It Means To Be Yourself

To begin with, standing up for what you believe automatically puts you in the controversial position of an activist: someone fighting against higher ruling. Some activists you may know are Martin Luther King Jr and W.E.B. Dubois. They fought for civil rights for African Americans, and they got what they deserved: equality. Without the actions of these pioneers of civil rights, we may still be living in the worst era of the 20th century. Furthermore, having activism in our world, we would not have advanced towards the state we are in today. Being self-aware has brought us to a time in our world, a time that is helping us enhance our environment to our societal, political, and cultural needs.

Why is it important to stand up for what you believe in? It’s important to stand up for what you believe in because we all have an opinion in what we believe and what we don’t believe in like i believe in a god that once we die we will go with him for our eternal life but someone else might believe in reincarnation which means once we die we will comeback as someone else. But if people who believe in god meets someone who believes in reincarnation might fight about who is right and they might talk someone down in what they believe in. Even though we don’t know what or who is right there is always gonna be someone who is gonna fight over what they believe in even though we don’t know who is right about what they believe in.

One should stand up for what they believe is right, even if the law is against it. By standing up for your beliefs, you fulfill your public and self duty. Laws aren’t always morally correct, so it is one’s public duty to amend the laws for the good of society. Public duty, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, is to ¨throw off such government¨ when it is enforcing morally wrong laws. The laws may be unfair to a group of people.

It might come easy for others to stand up for what they believe in, but for some it’s not exactly a walk in the park.Although it takes a lot of courage, it’s really important to stand up for your beliefs because you never know how big of an impact or difference you can make in this world.

It takes a great deal of strength and bravery to not follow the crowd of people that surround themselves with the ideas of other people. A person’s life will not be like the ones of everyone around them. They could take singer-songwriter, Jewel’s advice. She says in one of her hit songs, “Fill your lives with love and bravery/And you shall lead a life uncommon…”(Jewel, 1). In this part of her song, “Life Uncommon,” she is explaining how to live a unique life and be an individual. Individuality is important because it defines basically who a person is. One should want to be his own person and opinions and not be afraid of doing so. Many people would like to be remembered or even change the world, and the fact is it only takes one person to make a change. Jewel also says in her song, “Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom/No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from…”(Jewel, 1) Here, she is singing about how people should only do what they want to because it’s their life. Jewel is saying how people shouldn’t lend their strength to things that they do not like. The person must be brave enough to speak their mind because everybody has their own

Taking a stand, and fighting for what you believe will make you the winner of your life and an example to others. It shows loyalty, honor and trustworthiness. It proves you are not an easy person to break, and it states the importance of saying what is on your mind in order to make a change. Taking Beowulf as an example, he swore he would defeat Grendel even if it meant dying and having few people believing in him. As a result he was rewarded and trusted by his men since he proved how important it is to stand for what is right, no matter what the outcome might be. Taking a stand shows intelligence and the ability to form your own opinions, without being biased by third persons. It does not matter if it is only you against the world, as long

Every Individual comes to a point in their life when he or she must take a stand for what he or she believes in. For some, this may mean coming to the defense of other people, for others taking a stand could mean holding firm to beliefs or morals. In any case taking a stand is part of the human experience. Realizations, reformations, revelations, and revolutions have been brought forth in history because a dauntless individual stood firm for what he or she held to be true.

Throughout history, many people have been persecuted for their beliefs or doing what is right. Although most people do not take action, some individuals take the initiative to do what is right, even if that means standing alone against powerful people. For example, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, which sparked a movement to end segregation in the United States. She knew she would be persecuted for her actions, but that did not prevent her from standing up, or in her case, sitting down, for what is right. In addition to Rosa Parks, Maximilian Kolbe stood up for his beliefs, even though it cost him his life.

Why go against the grain? Why do you need to stand out? Why cant we live in a society where everyone and everything is the same? Which is best for us? Why do we even care? We all have had our share of trying to fit in or be unique. Society does not permit people who are different a easy life. In the odds of society's views, the differences individuality brings help the improvement of society. People bring more value when they are unique then when they try to fit in. They bring more value because if we fit in we become uniform. If we live in a society where everything is the same then we would die.

Taking a stand on injustice is important because laws could prevent someone from doing what is right, governments could be doing wrong to it’s people causing them to suffer, and a government could take away what rightfully belongs to someone. Although there were some problems that came out of the victories, the people overcame it and in the end, changed the world they lived in for the better. Just because a law or a government allows something, it does not make it right. Similarly, if it says something is forbidden, it does not mean it should

For centuries human beings have formed groups, tribes and everything in between to fulfill their desire to belong. Usually, in a society where humans feel the overwhelming desire to belong, people don’t stand out and up for what they truly believe in. However, in famous classics, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, a few courageous individuals stood their ground, defending what they believed in. Despite the isolation they received from society and fellow acquaintances they never changed their viewpoint on the topic. As displayed in these two novels, it is clearly far more important to stand as an individual for not only yourself, but for everyone affected by your opinions and decisions.

If you asked for advice from people, most would say, "just put your head down and blend into the crowd." But where would we be today if great thinkers like Thomas Edison just "blended in"? To be frank, America would be quite unlightened. Society brainwashes anyone into thinking or saying what society wants people to say or think. No matter what though, sticking up for what you believe in should always be important to everyone. Standing out of the crowd to make a point for what you believe in is always the right thing to do even if it seems wrong.

I conceive that everyone should remain up for what they want to believe. The importance of standing up for your beliefs is important because people may have different analysis of things but at last everyone is the same.

In our society more people are concerned about winning then just taking a stand. Winning shows people improvement in skills and strategies. Taking a stand shows that you want to stand up for what you believe in, what you think is right and not what’s wrong. Taking a stand can change the whole world because it shows they care about others more than just winning.

In life, you have to fight for what you believe in, because if you don't speak up, there's no chance of anything changing in your life. You have to communicate with other people about what you believe in. Everyone should speak out on something they are passionate about because it is most common for people to just “sit quietly and never utter a word” (Andrew F.). Martin Luther King fought for civil rights. He wanted to show his affection for equality and that African Americans be treated the same as white people. Martin Luther King encouraged his followers to peacefully protest, “Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure”