Stubbornness is surely just taut-jawed, clenched-fisted…

“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Like yeast, it’s impressive how considerably an ounce of determination can make one’s efforts grow and expand.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“If you plan to build walls around me, know this—I will walk through them.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Stubbornness is a weapon. People tend to draw it out when a sensitive part of their identity is threatened—be it dignity, honor, pride, desires,…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else.

— Daniel Goleman

“He was a dog, without a shadow of a doubt. But in human form. The quality of doggishness is an inner quality and can…

— Bruno Schulz

“I tried to abandon my tenacity, but I just couldn't let it go.”

— Tim Fargo

What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds water: art that grows out of modes of…

— Robert Hughes

Long ago, I realized that my only talent - aside from the rugged good looks, of course, and the strange power I hold over…

— Michael Dirda

“Doggedness in art is no substitute for inspiration.”

— Benjamin Wood

In that daily effort in which intelligence and passion mingle and delight each other, the absurd man discovers a discipline that will make up…

— Albert Camus

“What more is required than a kind of stupid, insensitive doggedness, as lover, as writer, together with a readiness to fail and fail again?”

— J.M. Coetzee

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard.

— Malcolm Gladwell

The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck.

— St. Jerome