“Whitewash on the forehead hardens the brain into a state of obstinacy, perhaps.” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination. — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When you're out of willpower you call on stubbornness, that's the trick. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do. — Kim Clijsters Copy Share Image
Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong. — Suzanne Curchod Necker Copy Share Image
“If you think the most courageous and difficult thing you can do is stubbornly stand your ground, try graciously giving in.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Fat-heided creatures, the Carmichaels," she said judiciously. "Loyal enough, but stubborn as rocks." "Thus sayeth a Fraser," I remarked. "The Carmichaels must… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Their leader had no real knowledge of warfare or tactics. I was only a stubborn man and that was my greatest advantage… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry I grabbed you like that, but your stubbornness would drive a saint crazy." "Yeah, and we both know you ain't… — Charlotte McPherren Copy Share Image
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
“Part of my stubbornness can be put down to human nature. It is hard for anyone with an illness, chronic or acute,… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
There are many things behind a good novel, but in particular there is a lot of work - a lot of patience,… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
“Sometimes God takes us down to nothing so that He can give us all we need. Often we try to hold on… — Nicole Sager Copy Share Image
D'Alembert was always surrounded by controversy. ... he was the lightning rod which drew sparks from all the foes of the philosophes.… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon. You are still going… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
One year, I'd completely lost my bearings trying to follow potty training instruction from a psychiatric expert. I was stuck on step… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
“Letting go is a hard, hard thing. Some days, it seems impossible. Stubbornness sets in, heels dig firmly into the dirt below… — Heather Lyons Copy Share Image
I don't teach writing. I teach patience. Toughness. Stubbornness. The willingness to fail. I teach the life. The odd thing is most… — Richard Bausch Copy Share Image
Out of sheer stubbornness, I just would keep going - just hoping that at some point something would click. I certainly held… — R.A. Dickey Copy Share Image
“People think I am strong. I am not strong. There is a difference between a strong person and a stubborn person who… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“If you plan to build walls around me, know this—I will walk through them.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigor and stability. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“I think you underestimate the stubbornness a crown can press into a man” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“that peculiar combination of stubbornness, petulance, and caprice that is the mark of a weak man.” — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
“I always knew I was stubborn. I just never realized that stubbornness was just another word for determination.” — Mia Castile Copy Share Image
“Stubbornness one of the remarkable characteristic of the human being” — Anthony R. Gomez L Copy Share Image
In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“We focus on the reasons why we ‘can’t’ at the expense of the far greater reasons why we ‘can’.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
“Am I dealing with stubbornness, idiocy, or some combination of the two?" "-Cam Rohan” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
It takes a special kind of stubbornness to succeed as an entrepreneur — Sophia Amoruso Copy Share Image
“And he said... ...put a stick up your nose and it will never grow leaves.” — Anthony T. Hincks Copy Share Image
I don't believe much in luck. I believe more in work, in convincing, in stubbornness and in capacity. — Diego Simeone Copy Share Image
