Stubbornness Quotes - Page 2

• If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.

  Fred Saberhagen

  Determination, Two, People

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• A lot of my branding has come from stubbornness - I knew what I liked. I knew what I wanted to do.

  Lauren Conrad

  Branding, Wanted

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• Stubbornness and ignorance and determination are a very fine line from each other. I'm a very stubborn person, but not so stubborn that I can't learn new things and meet new people, but I have a one-track mind.

  Joe Nichols

  Determination, Ignorance, People

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• You don't get to decide," she said, "where I go, or when." "I know." His voice was ragged. "I've always known that about you. I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am.

  Cassandra Clare

  Falling In Love, Voice, Stubborn

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1620, Simon and Schuster

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• there's nothing as powerful as a made-up mind!

  Susan Jeffers

  Powerful, Mind, Opinion

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• Weak people can be very stubborn.

  Josephine Tey

  People, Weakness, Stubborn

  Josephine Tey (1998). “A Shilling for Candles”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

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• Stubbornness should have been my middle name.

  Martin Luther

  Should Have, Names, Middle

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

  Louis Nizer

  Odds, Stubborn, Faces

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• The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.

  Jon Krakauer

  Fighting, Circumstances, Persons

  Jon Krakauer (2011). “Into the Wild”, p.59, Pan Macmillan

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• To persevere
  In obstinate condolement is a course
  Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.

  William Shakespeare

  Grief, Persevere, Important Hamlet

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 92

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• Being a scientist is like being an explorer. You have this immense curiosity, this stubbornness, this resolute will that you will go forward no matter what other people say.

  Sara Seager

  People, Curiosity, Matter

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• 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.

  Molly Ivins

  Stupid, Memorable, Ignorance

  Molly Ivins (2010). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, p.104, Vintage

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• Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.

  Richard DeVos

  Persistence, Purpose

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

  Anna Paquin

  People, Done, Stubborn

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

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• I am a patient listener, but opinionated to the point of stubbornness when my mind is made up.

  Walt Disney

  Mind, Patient, Made

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• My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They're very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually cautiousness.

  Bonnie Jo Campbell

  Smart, People, Cautiousness

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Pathological Stubbornness and Irrational Optimism – Lessons I’ve learned on my entrepreneurial journey

  Ruth Kelly

  Journey, Optimism, Lessons

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

  Robert Breault

  Kids, Parent, Trouble

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• Court, in our society, is often the last resort of stubbornness.

  Erica Jong

  Law, Our Society, Lasts

  Erica Jong (2006). “Fear of Fifty”, p.52, Penguin

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  I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Abraham Lincoln (1999). “The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

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• Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspiring, Hope, Giving Up

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.23, Anchor

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• Advice to a new writer: There are no rules in this profession. Do what is good for you. Read books and watch films that stimulate your writing. In your writing, go where the pain is; go where the pleasure is; go where the excitement is. Believe in your own original approach, voice, characters, story. Ignore critics. Have nerve. Be stubborn.

  Anne Rice

  Pain, Book, Believe

  FaceBook post by Anne Rice from Aug 22, 2014

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• One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.

  Carolyn Wells

  Perseverance, Principles, Firsts

  Carolyn Wells (1937). “The Rest of My Life”

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• I don't think I have the stomach Veronica has. I think I have the determination and the stubbornness and a little bit of the go-get-em. But I think I'm about 20 percent more girl than Veronica is. There's a lot of Veronica that hits home with me, the sort of feisty area. But I think that I have a little bit more girl. I'd scream my head off if I saw a body in the freezer.

  Kristen Bell

  Girl, Determination, Home

  "Veroniva Mars Season 3: Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas talk" by Eric Goldman, www.ign.com. July 18, 2006.

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• Dare to change the world. There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old vocation of all humanity. I can't think of a better life than one dedicated to passion, to dreams, to the stubbornness that defies chaos and disillusionment.

  Gioconda Belli

  Dream, Passion, Thinking

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