Stubborn Quotes - Page 19

• Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.

  Aldous Huxley

  Character, Fighting, Self

  Aldous Huxley (1993). “After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: A Novel”, p.111, Ivan R. Dee

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• Bad writing is more than a matter of (expletive deleted) syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the street.

  Stephen King

  Writing, People, Syntax

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• Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.

  Laura Hillenbrand

  Men, Past, Oxygen

  Laura Hillenbrand (2010). “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”, p.183, Random House

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• Do you have any idea how stubborn you can look ? Our children better never give me that look, althought I won't mind if they give it to you. You'd deserve it.

  Christine Feehan

  Children, Ideas, Giving

  Christine Feehan (2005). “Night Game”, p.149, Penguin

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• When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on.

  Boris Spassky

  Fighting, Style, Littles

  "The Chessmaster 7000 - Computer Personality FAQ", www.ign.com. October 17, 2003.

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• The word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress.

  Billy Graham

  Bible, Heart, Biblical

  Billy Graham (1989). “How To Be Born Again”, p.39, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve.

  Jeff Bezos

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wisdom

  "Jeff Bezos: Amazon.com Architect". Book by Tom Robinson, 2009.

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• I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Perseverance, Blessed, Optimism

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.11, Vintage

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• One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.

  Simon Sinek

  Leader, Vision, Needs

  "The Paradoxes Of Leadership: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• Remember this son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart. And, some men's minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly, no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Heart, Son, Men

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.91, Hachette UK

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• I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

  James A. Baldwin

  Forgiveness, Encouragement, Pain

  "Me and My House". Harper's Magazine, November 1955.

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