Obstinately Quotes

22 Obstinately quotes by 20 unique authors

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. — Ambrose Bierce
Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless. — J. G. Holland
We are, indeed, not among the least contented. You, however, if your belief makes you blessed then appear to be blessed! Your faces have always… — Friedrich Nietzsche
All the evidence of history suggests that man is indeed a rational animal, but with a near infinite capacity for folly. . . . He… — Robert McNamara
The right art is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal,… — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
The observation that species are amazingly conservative and static entities throughout long periods of time has all the qualities of the emperor's new clothes: everyone… — Niles Eldredge
Be dogmatically true, obstinately holy, immovably honest, desperately kind, fixedly upright. — Charles Spurgeon
The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in… — Eugen Herrigel
It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The tyranny of mankind; it was like the obstinate drip of water falling on a stone and hollowing it little by little; and this drip… — HalldÃ³r Laxness
All my life, I will continue obstinately to write about love, solitude and passion among the kind of people I know. The rest don't interest… — Francoise Sagan
Nature still obstinately refuses to co-operate by making the rich people innately superior to the poor people. — Beatrice Webb
I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately, to… — Salman Rushdie
I am simultaneously and contradictorily both happy and unhappy: 'to succeed' or 'to fail' have for me only ephemeral, contingent meanings (this does not stop… — Roland Barthes
Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
and even when I was broken the way sometimes one can be broken, and even though I had fallen, I found upon arising that I… — Mark Helprin
Can't you . . . I don't know. Find a hobby or something?" "Being charming is my hobby," said Adrian obstinately. "I'm the life of… — Richelle Mead
All the same, I should like it all plain and clear," said he obstinately, putting on his business manner (usually reserved for people who tried… — J.R.R. Tolkien
So you see how endlessly futile and fruitless it would be if we wanted to refute their objections every time they obstinately resolved not to… — Saint Augustine
The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly — Rollo May

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