152 Quotes About Stubbornness

Stay solid on your end, hold on to your wise opinion, you can't control what other people do or say, you can't stop a fool from being foolish, and you won't share in his shame, sorrow, and regrets.

She juts out her lower jaw, a purposeful imitation of Daddy Eric when she asks him a question with an answer that isn't yes right away, but will be yes eventually if she waits long enough.

When a person boldly declares 'You can't' he might as well add on 'Can you?' knowing that this spoken roadblock only serves to fuel a challenge in naturally stubborn souls.

Life stays stubborn until it has no choice but to give up, and even then it's likely to spit one last time in the eye of whatever's killed it. We're cruel in victory and cruel in defeat, my friends.

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

It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance.

The tenderest and most generous minds, when harshly treated, become generally the most inflexible.

You're not especially strong, or fast, or bright. Don't think you are. But you'll have the stubborness to wear down anyone stronger, or faster, or brighter than yourself.

But then her stubbornness was connected to her strength, he supposed, and her strength was one of the things about her that he most admired.