152 Quotes About Stubbornness

A Brief for the DefenseWe must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world. To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.213

It's not courage so much as stubbornness," Alice said frankly. Her lips curled back from her teeth in a grim smile. "I don't like to lose.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others.

You would be too stubborn to die.

Bigwig: "I can't think why he didn't convince Threarah."Hazel: "Because Threarah doesn't like anything he hasn't thought of for himself.

Look at that blacksmith, for instance,” went on Father Brown calmly; “a good man, but not a Christian — hard, imperious, unforgiving. Well, his Scotch religion was made up by men who prayed on hills and high crags, and learnt to look down on the world more than to look up at heaven. Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits.

Stubbornness is the bearer of disaster…

One of the most devastating symptoms of pride is the unwillingness to forgive.