“Stand before your god, bow before your king, kneel before your man.”
“He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.”
“When a man kneels before a woman, it’s a gesture of chivalry. When a woman kneels before a man, it’s unseemly.”
“Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.”
“Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind -- even if your voice shakes.”
“If it's ka it'll come like a wind, and your plans will stand before it no more than a barn before a cyclone”