Stubbornness Quotes · Page 3

“All my problems bow before my stubbornness.”

— Amit Kalantri

I'm not stubborn. My way is just better.

— Maya Banks

Stubbornness is not firmness.

— Friedrich Schiller

“Stubbornness is the bearer of disaster…”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Stubbornness destroys good advice.

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

To persevere In obstinate condolement is a course Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.

— William Shakespeare

When you're out of will power you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.

— Henri Matisse

“He might have gotten his way in the hallway earlier, but now he's on my turf. He isn't gonna push me around.”

— Melyssa Winchester

I know of no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds.

— Louis Nizer (American Lawyer

Disappointment is really just a term for our refusal to look on the bright side

— Anonymous

“It would seem no matter how progressive we get there are always those few who are backwards in their ways.”

— Solange nicole

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

— Anthony J. D'Angelo

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

— Simone de Beauvoir

I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling and laughing, and that until then I'll rush around this…

— Jack Kerouac

“There's a line in the Bible about perfect love casting out fear. That I don't know about, but orneriness will do it…

— Peter S. Beagle

My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They're very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

I believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of…

— Sophia Loren

“You were right about your Bela, Rand," Moiraine said from where she stood by the mare. "She has a good heart, and…

— Robert Jordan

A MAN WITH A CONVICTION is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts…

— Leon Festinger

“On Perseverance – Persistence is admirable. Stubbornness is stupid. Just remember: the latter two even begin with the same three letters.”

— Marsha Hinds

Although their parents died in the wilderness for their stubbornness, Israel could profit from the older generation's failure by remembering that God…

— Max Anders

I think of myself as unconventional, I guess. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected…

— Kim Gordon

Don’t lie. You know you like to view but not to buy. I have found that I am not a space where…

— Jeanette Winterson

I've always thought that each album would be my last one, and then I would be out of ideas and I would…

— Tim Hecker

Howard Roark stood as a role model for me - as exactly the way I already was living. Even at that tender…

— Neil Peart

“God’s mercy and patience with us are beyond our ability to comprehend. He pursues us until we respond to Him. But sometimes…

— Teresa Schultz

In the long run, you have to have patience and integrity and a plan. You can't compromise your vision. I'm a bit…

— Einar Selvik

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our…

— Jack Gilbert

We were together because we were addicted to each other. I was never as intoxicated as I was when we were happy…

— Sylvia Day

“You underestimate the stubbornness a crown can press into a man or woman's mind.”

— Brandon Sanderson

One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.

— Carolyn Wells

Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.

— Robert Jordan

“But their strength is the strength of numbers and of stubbornness and persistence; do not underestimate it.”

— Robin McKinley

We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.

— Jack Gilbert

“A man would rather break his donkeys back than give it the carrot it requires to progress.”

— R.P. Falconer

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

— Gustave Flaubert

“Dear brother," Number Two replied, "I can eat shit, I just don't like the taste.”

— Mo Yan

“I have waited my entire life to love you and I refuse to let your stubbornness take you away from me.”

— Kate Meader

I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am.

— Cassandra Clare

“When we resist the counsel of the Lord, we manifest stubbornness and rejection of his inspired guidance.”

— Marion G. Romney