Quotes About Stubbornness

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

A burnt broom that has had enough, and refuses to burn further...

Mao has never accepted the failure of the "Great Leap". As one of the texts reproduced below demonstrates, he would have preferred to see China perish from famine rather than readjust his own vision or recognize his mistakes.

I've known what it feels like, when your whole life hurts so much that you're ready to die, just for the pain to stop. A little less stubbornness, a little more resolve at certain moments, and I might have been one of these poor trapped souls...

His mind scolded him for his stupidity and urged him to forget her but his heart had no justifications for its stand. It remained unmoved, its solidarity unaffected, its arrogance still holding.

I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am.

From disappointment, I gradually ascended the emotional ladder to haughty indignation, and finally to that state of stubbornness where the mind is locked like the jaws of an enraged bulldog.

I would love to get my hands on whoever did this. But he already knew that he could administer all the punishment in the world, and it would have no effect, because the ones who had done this were stupid people, who had absolutely no doubt that they were in the right. No matter what they were told, no matter how many times they got caught and punished, they would go straight out and do it again. They knew they were right, and nothing would shake that faith.

Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers. The proud wish God would agree with them. They aren't interested in changing their opinions to agree with God's.

What will keep us from stopping? Plain old stubbornness.

When we're stubborn, there's no quit in us. We're mean. We're mulish. We're ornery. We're in till the finish. We will sink our junkyard-dog teeth into Resistance's ass and not let go, no matter how hard he kicks.

Enough for now about the antagonists arrayed against us. Let's consider the champions on our side: Stupidity Stubbornness Blind faith Passion Assistance (the opposite of Resistance) Friends and family

It was the twilit hour. Moroseness didn't come easily to me—anger did, yes; passion and stubbornness, always—but sitting here, I felt bereft.

When I look at my picture I read stubbornness, balked vanity, panic, vulnerability.)

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner.

I never met a more obstinate son of a bitch than you, baby.

being stubborn is not a bad thing, it shows determination.

He was proud and stubborn, and all the ton looked up to him. Men curried his favor, women flirted like mad. And all the while he'd been terrified every time he'd opened his mouth.

Le han dicho alguna vez que es un poco testaruda? —Constantemente. Es mi único defecto. Escuchó cómo Phillip se reía. —¿El único? —El único que vale la pena comentar.

There was just no helping some people, she acknowledged to herself sadly. In fact, she thought, with a spurt of resentment, some people could be just downright unreasonable.

It is becoming quite irksome, this stubbornness of hers about marrying. Suitors do appear occasionally, men eager to marry her, but she will have nothing to do with any of them. I wouldn't be at all surprised if she picked the worst of the lot in the end; as an old Thai saying goes, she who has one chance to walk the length of the garden in search of the perfect rose may have to pick in haste from the last bush.

What does a bigot do when he meets someone who challenges his opinions? He doesn't give. He stays rigid. Doesn't even try to listen, just lashes out.