Strong Willed Quotes

• I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

  Joan Jett

  Strength, Strong, Believe

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• Some strong-willed children absolutely demand to be spanked, and their wishes should be granted. Two or three stinging strokes on the legs or buttocks with a switch are usually sufficient to emphasize the point, 'You must obey me.'

  James Dobson

  Strong, Children, Wish

  "The Strong-Willed Child". Book by James Dobson, 1978.

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• I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.

  Jan de Bont

  Mother, Strong, Very Strong

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• We are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the President encourages vigorous debate.

  Karen Hughes

  Strong, Personality, President

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• My mother was a strong-willed and opinionated woman - a Sicilian! - and if she didn't like something, she'd let you know about it. So her undying support of her kids went a long way in proving to us that we were on the right path.

  Marlo Thomas

  Mother, Strong, Kids

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• I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.

  Eli Broad

  Strong, Together, Clients

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• There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.

  Samantha Mathis

  Strong, Roles, Written

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• My daughter is very strong-willed and is a great kid. She doesn't drink. She doesn't smoke. She doesn't fold to peer pressure. I think how affectionate my wife and I have been with her over the years all plays into that. She realizes the more people she is exposed to that kids who have both parents around grow up to be much better people.

  Doug Flutie

  Daughter, Mother, Strong

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• Man doesn't dictate what you do or how you do it. If you believe in God, believe in God; have your faith in him. That's where my faith lies.

  Ray Lewis

  Inspirational, Strong, Lying

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• I'm not rebellious, but I am very strong-willed. I know what I believe in, and I know what I think is right.

  Alli Simpson

  Strong, Believe, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Alli Simpson from Sep 25, 2012

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  Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

  Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896). “Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories”

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• I'm unapologetic not because I'm strong-willed or overconfident, I'm unapologetic because this is it; this is my life. There is nothing I can do, no one I can please. I am a person with a strong sense of being, that's all.

  Jean Seberg

  Life, Confidence, Perseverance

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• If there's something in your life that you know needs changing, make sure you change it before God's got to change it. Because if God's got to change it, you ain't going to like it.

  Ray Lewis

  Inspirational, Strong, Needs

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• I am strong-willed, which can be annoying sometimes. And from that I think people assume I have confidence and Hollywood glamour and all that stuff, when actually, in my personal life, sometimes I'm just a goofball.

  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  Strong, Thinking, People

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• People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.

  James A. Baldwin

  Life, Strong, Believe

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• I have tried and I cannot find, either in scripture or in history, a strong-willed individual whom God used greatly until He allowed them to be hurt deeply.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Strong, Hurt, Scripture

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• Don't let your alarm clock, be the only reason you wake up.

  Ray Lewis

  Inspirational, Strong, Alarms

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• One doesn't have to be a Marxist to be awed by the scale and success of early-20th-cent ury efforts to transform strong-willed human beings into docile employees.

  Gary Hamel

  Strong, Effort, Scales

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• All that is gold does not glitter.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Being Strong, Travel, Fantasy Novels

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.179, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• True men" ... are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.

  Zhuangzi

  Strong, Spring, Passion

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• I'm not strong-willed actually. I'm a complete pushover. I love to be told what to do.

  Helen Mirren

  Strong, Pushovers, Not Strong

  "Q&A: Helen Mirren and Nicholas Hytner". Interview with David Cote, www.timeout.com. June 23, 2009.

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  Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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  Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• I am strong-willed, and I am driven, and I am passionate... but I don't have... a central cause... a motivating cause, I don't know what that would be... other than trying to tell the truth when I work.

  Jennifer Beals

  Strong, Trying, Causes

  Interview with Jian Gomeshi on CBC Radio One's show "Q", February 16,2011.

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• Compliant children are very easily led when they are young, because they thrive on approval and pleasing adults. They are just aseasily led in their teen years, because they still seek the same two things: approval and the pleasing their peers. Strong-willed children are never easily led by anybody--not by you, but also not by their peers. So celebrate your child's strength of will throughout the early years...and know that the independent thinking you are fostering will serve him well in the critical years to come.

  Barbara Coloroso

  Strong, Children, Independent

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