Stubborn Quotes

• The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, God

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• The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never.

  Immanuel Kant

  Wise, Men, Mind

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• Stubborn people get themselves in a lot of trouble, but they also get things done.

  Anna Paquin

  People, Done, Trouble

  "Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer Interview True Blood Season 4". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 01, 2011.

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• I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.

  Louis Nizer

  Odds, Faces, Succeed

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• My mother always says, "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak." I can be very focused and determined. But, I can also be very stubborn. Be flexible be nuanced.

  Sarah Lafleur

  Mother, Stronger, Bamboo

  "BYT Style Interview: Mémé LAFLEUR". Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 8, 2012.

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• Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.

  Willie Aames

  Use, Good Things, Depends

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• I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Heart, Persistence, Fire

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• Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong.

  Chuck Noll

  Football, Character, Nfl

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• The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it.

  Rajneesh

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Ignorance

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• Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence: nor is the law less stable than the fact.

  John Adams

  Passion, Patriotic, Law

  John Adams (1971). “The Works [of] John Adams, Second President of the United States: Life of John Adams”

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• Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.

  Steven Pressfield

  Dumb, Quitting

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• A man is commanding - a woman is demanding. A man is forceful - a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising - a woman is a ball-breaker. A man is a perfectionist - a woman's a pain in the ass. He's assertive - she's aggressive. He strategizes - she manipulates. He shows leadership - she's controlling. He's committed - she's obsessed. He's persevering - she's relentless. He sticks to his guns - she's stubborn. If a man wants to get it right, he's looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she's difficult and impossible.

  Barbra Streisand

  Pain, Gun, Men

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• Be stubborn and persist, and trust yourself on what you love. You have to trust what you love.

  Carolee Schneemann

  Love You, Trust Yourself, Persist

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• The brave are always stubborn

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Brave

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• Well, I'm stubborn and wrong, but at least I know it.

  Vanessa Carlton

  Wells, Knows

  Song: Heroes and Thieves, Album: Heroes & Thieves, 2007

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• What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.

  Barbra Streisand

  Strength, Crazy, Two

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• Stubbornness destroys good advice.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wise, Wisdom, Advice

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• Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

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• I am... stubborn, and I admit it, so it's OK.

  Mila Kunis

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• Too often they don't realize what they have until it's gone. ...they're too stubborn to say, 'Sorry, I was wrong' they hurt the ones closest to their hearts, and we let the most foolish things tear us apart

  Marilyn Monroe

  Hurt, Sorry, Heart

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• We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details.

  Jeff Bezos

  Inspirational, Vision, Details

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• A stubborn ass needs a stubborn driver

  Khaled Hosseini

  Needs, Ass, Drivers

  Khaled Hosseini (2009). “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, p.129, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.

  Alexander Herzen

  Pieces, World, Tradition

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• Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Ignorance, Prejudice, Racial Justice

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• A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness

  Robert Southey

  Mind, Littles, Temper

  Robert Southey (1847). “The Doctor, &c. ...”, p.14

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