Headstrong Quotes

• It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.

  Helen Keller

  Civilization, Literature, World

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• Obstinate, headstrong girl!

  Jane Austen

  Girl, Prejudice, Obstinate

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.187, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• I did find some time to go to a record store and check out "Headstrong" actually in the racks. It was pretty cool; I never thought I'd see my own CD sitting there with everyone else's. I made my Mom take lots of pics!

  Ashley Tisdale

  Mom, Cds, Sitting

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• I'm outspoken and I'm headstrong.

  Poppy Montgomery

  Outspoken

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• The Jews, a headstrong, moody, murmuring race.

  John Dryden

  Race, Murmuring, Jew

  1681 Absalom and Achitophel, pt.1, l.45.

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• I've always been a headstrong girl. I had my first child at 17, and it was a mistake, but I got a beautiful child out of it.

  Anna Benson

  Beautiful, Girl, Children

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• I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.

  Loretta Lynn

  Believe, Mean, People

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• Headstrong liberty is lashed with woe.

  William Shakespeare

  Liberty, Woe

  William Shakespeare, James Orchard Halliwell- Phillipps (1855). “The complete works of Shakspere, with historical and analytical introductions to each play, also notes explanatory by J.O. Halliwell and other commentators, illustr. by portraits of actors of the age. [3 vols. With] The doubtful plays, with notes by H. Tyrrell”, p.210

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• Personality is like a charioteer with two headstrong horses, each wanting to go in different directions.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Horse, Two, Personality

  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (2017). “The Measure of a Man”, p.10, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• I'm very headstrong and I know what I want from life. I listen to peoples' opinions, but a lot of the time I'll trust my own instincts. I'm also really clumsy, so I'm always getting hurt.

  Ashley Tisdale

  Hurt, Want, Opinion

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• Listen, I've always been very headstrong.

  Michelle Williams

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• I'm a very stubborn woman and I'm from a very stubborn family of headstrong women. I have sisters, so the women rule the coop in my house.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Strong Women, House, Stubborn

  "Lost: Season 2 interview - Evangeline Lilly (Kate)" compiled by Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Clever, Rivals, Allegory

  The Rivals act 3, sc. 3 (1775)

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• Actively we have woven ourselves with the very warp and woof of this nation, - we have fought their battles, shared their sorrow, mingled our blood with theirs, and generation after generation have pleaded with a headstrong, careless people to despise not Justice, Mercy and Truth, lest the nation be smitten with a curse. Our song, our toil, our cheer and warning have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood. Are not these gifts worth the giving? Is not this worth the striving? Would America have been America without her Negro People?

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Song, Cheer, Blood

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• The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.

  Cesare Pavese

  Men, Practice, Fool

  Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.103, Transaction Publishers

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• Good luck trying to force Evie to do anything else once she has made up her mind. She is the definition of a stubborn, headstrong teenager.” “And you love me for it.” “I do.

  Kiersten White

  Love, Teenager, Good Luck

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• I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things.

  Vivien Leigh

  Different, Enough, Restless

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• What people generally tell you is, "We'll all agree," and then once you sign, they expect to get their own way. I think it was a bit of a surprise that I was still very headstrong even after signing. I wasn't so happy to get a deal that I would agree to anything. In fact, I disagreed on most things and got my way on most things, which I think was to all of our benefit. But they wanted the record to come out, and I wanted the record to come out, so we had to work together.

  Nellie McKay

  Thinking, People, Working Together

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Would America have been America without her Negro people?

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  America, People, Civil Rights

  W. E. B. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington (2012). “Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, p.329, Courier Corporation

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• I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things. I am a very impatient person and headstrong. If I've made up my mind to do something, I can't be persuaded out of it.

  Vivien Leigh

  Mind, Different, Enough

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There's nothing like a headstrong woman to make you happy to be alive.

  Wendelin Van Draanen

  Alive, Make You Happy, Happy To Be Alive

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• But what is so headstrong as youth? What so blind as inexperience?

  Charlotte Bronte

  Inexperience, Youth, Blind

  Charlotte Bronte (2013). “Jane Eyre”, p.307, Simon and Schuster

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• Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

  Confucius

  Passion, Doors, Soul

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame,The fire of love supplies ;While that which often bears the name,Is self in a disguise.True zeal is merciful and mild,Can pity and forbear ;The false is headstrong, fierce and wild,And breathes revenge and war.

  John Newton

  Revenge, War, Fire

  John Newton (1877). “Olney hymns: in three books”, p.423

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• Satire, whilst envy and ill-humor sway
  The mind of man, must always make her way;
  Nor to a bosom, with discretion fraught,
  Is all her malice worth a single thought.
  The wise have not the will, nor fools the power,
  To stop her headstrong course; within the hour
  Left to herself, she dies; opposing strife
  Gives her fresh vigor, and prolongs her life.

  Charles Churchill

  Wise, Men, Giving

  Charles Churchill, “The Author”

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