Resolute Quote by Minisinoo

Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes," Aunty Ifeoma said. "Defiance is like marijuana - it is not a bad thing when it…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I was always seen as defiant. And I did know that as a kid. It just wasn't something that was stamped out of me.…

— Marielle Heller

The word that came to me now was "defiant." Because a person had to be defiant to be able to stand amid the wreckage…

— Karen White

“But passively waiting for your child to outgrow his defiant behavior will just make the problem worse and not solve it. It’s our job…

— Jeffrey Bernstein

“It is easy to misinterpret the child's counterwill as a drive for power. We may never be fully in control of our circumstances, but…

— Gabor Maté

... it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.

— George Eliot

If you have ever been called defiant, incorrigible, forward, cunning, insurgent, unruly, rebellious, you're on the right track.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“In my experience, most parents sincerely want their children to be assertive, independent thinkers who are unafraid to stand their ground . . .…

— Alfie Kohn

Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.

— Maria Montessori

“Restraint is not a defeat , but rather to an understanding of a situation that puts you at level maturity”

— kidicoyches

If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If they live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If they live with criticism,…

— Ron Finley

“Infants who are temperamentally easygoing and affable raise their parents very differently than those who are cranky and tense.”

— Brian R. Little