Quotes About Stubbornness

The trouble with having a stubbornness contest with your kids is that they have your stubbornness gene.

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 charm of Ronald Reagan is not just that he kept telling us screwy things, it was that he believed them all. No wonder we trusted him, he never lied to us. ... His stubbornness, even defiance, in the face of facts ('stupid things,' he once called them in a memorable slip) was nothing short of splendid. ... This is the man who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency.

In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life.

I think of myself as unconventional. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite wanting to get some recognition through performing - but also not always wanting to do the expected thing.

Stubbornness is not firmness.

When you're out of will power you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.

I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.

The writers secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

The stubbornness of a weak man should never be underestimated. The weak tend to be very stubborn when they've decided on something.