Inflexible Quotes

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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus… — Laozi
Don Keough's (CEO Coca-Cola) 11 Rules on "HOW TO LOSE": 1. Stop taking risks 2. Be content 3. Never deviate from what the founder did… — Donald Keough
I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery under… — Abraham Lincoln
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions — David Hume
We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Our qualities and deeds must burn and glow through the gloom oEurope until… — Winston Churchill
If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.… — Mark Twain
There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to… — Elwyn Brooks White
Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must… — Winston Churchill
I believe in a world of opposites and thatâ€™s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. — Meryl Streep
It is thought that the virus is a degeneration from a more complex life form. It may at one time have been capable of independent… — William S. Burroughs
If it were true that conservatives were racist, sexist, homophobic, fascist, stupid, inflexible, angry, and self-righteous, shouldn't their arguments be easy to deconstruct? Someone who… — Ann Coulter
It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free… — Oscar Niemeyer
It must be noted that it is often the colleague or direct disciple of a new thinker who gets stuck in literal interpretations of the… — Uta Hagen
So much in life seems inflexible and unchangeable, and part of the joy of running and especially racing is the realization that improvement and progress… — Nancy Anderson
Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible. It is then an emanation of virtue. — Maximilien Robespierre
Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility, unable to change — Peter Drucker
At this point in history when all things which concern man and the structure and elements of history itself are suddenly revealed to us in… — Karl Mannheim
The cords of passion and desire weave a binding net around you. Worldly confrontation makes you stiff and inflexible. The trap of duality is tenacious.… — Laozi
Ultimately, leadership is about the strength of one's convictions, the ability to endure the punches, and the energy to promote an idea. And I have… — Benazir Bhutto
Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes… — Laozi

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