Quotes About Inflexibility

There's no point in arguing with me- in my mind, I'm always right.

Prudent, considerate, careful, determined, honest, and inflexible:

He was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may well be honored by the inflexibility of the pious, he might also be honored by the flexibility of the sensible.

He [Rabbi Menasha Levartov] was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may well be honored by the inflexibility of the pious, he might also be honored by the flexibility of the sensible.

There is something in obstinacy which differs from every other passion; whenever it fails it never recovers, but either breaks like iron or crumbles sulkily away like a fractured arch. Most other passions have their periods of fatigue and rest; their suffering and their cure; but obstinacy has no resource, and the first wound is mortal.

One of the most pathetic — and dangerous — signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.

I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.

The rigid never grow. They tend to do things the same way they've always done them.

Marie always had a headache on hand for any conversation that did not exactly suit her.

Perhaps we can think of fundamentalism as a stifling, an asphyxiation, and constipation of the soul.

people who hated cats were often control freaks who felt the world owed them a living.

TALIBAN-ESQUE Any behavior that imposes the beliefs of one person on everyone else. Conversations with the Taliban-esque are impossible. They aren't even conversations. WIth them, it's my way or no way.

Haven't we all done this? Hardened a particular position, not as a response to superior information, but because of anger?

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Rigidity or inflexibility can be the result of a previous history of abuse or trauma, or of an upbringing that offered a child no permission to experiment or to deviate from the family norms. Flexibility can come from the freedom of having been allowed to make one's own choices as one was growing up.

Extremists usually describe the middle course as extreme.

Another way to approach thinking about your rackets is to ask yourself, "Where in my life am I chronically concerned with being right? Where am I chronically concerned with dominating? Where am I chronically concerned with remaining the way I am?

Those who have experienced trauma may find that they blow up in response to minor provocations, freeze when frustrated, or become helpless in the face of trivial challenges. This inflexibility diminishes the capacity to choose, and without understanding the context of the reactions, their behavior can appear bizarre or out of control. "Neuroimaging

Just curiosity," I said. When he made a disapproving squint, I added, "Don't you go over now and then?" "Never been there," he said. "It's ten feet away!" "I'm staying here," he said, his squint now suggesting that I should be doing the same.

flexibility often have a weakness in emotional control as well. Their inflexibility often leads them to become angry or anxious when they are confronted with an event they weren't anticipating.

This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.

I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.

I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.

There are certain segments of society that will never lend an ear to a new idea. They squat in a certain place and will not budge from it. They will find many reasons to maintain a way of life that is comfortable to them. They'll cling to old religions; they'll fasten with the grip of death on ethics that were dead, without their knowing it, centuries before; they will embrace a logic that can be blown over with a breath, still claiming it is sacrosanct.