stubbornness

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
13dd10a	There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.	dignity elizabeth-bennet empowerment fear independence intimidation self-determination strength stubbornness women	Jane Austen
86929a4	I'm unpredictable, I never know where I'm going until I get there, I'm so random, I'm always growing, learning, changing, I'm never the same person twice. But one thing you can be sure of about me; is I will always do exactly what I want to do.	change character-defining character-quote growth growth-life inspirational inspirational-attitude inspiring learning life-and-living random stubbornness unpredictable	C. JoyBell C.
9647b36	"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."	jace-wayland stubbornness	Cassandra Clare
7eed105	There's none so blind as those who will not listen.	paraphrased stubbornness	Neil Gaiman
70ec402	[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs.	stubbornness values	Jared Diamond
d9c34e9	The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.	rationality reason stubbornness	Ellis Peters
29a9cc0	And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in even if they do understand.	replies stubbornness trolls understanding	Augustine of Hippo
05828c9	"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."	stubbornness	H.G. Wells
147e238	There's a line in the Bible about perfect love casting out fear. That I don't know about, but orneriness will do it every time.	stubbornness	Peter S. Beagle
212ac20	We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From this high ground we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities. We take pride in our short fuses. Our anger elevates, transcends.	offense pride rage stubbornness	Salman Rushdie
28b7d0c	"Fat-heided creatures, the Carmichaels," she said judiciously. "Loyal enough, but stubborn as rocks." "Thus sayeth a Fraser," I remarked. "The Carmichaels must be something special in that line."	humor jenny-murray stubbornness	Diana Gabaldon
77ccc24	The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change.	stubbornness	Peter F. Hamilton
47ea4d3	"To the best of my knowledge, sir," Benedict said in an apologetic tone, "no one has ever been able to tell my dear cousin anything. At all."	stubbornness	Jim Butcher
fed85bd	The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke	openness skepticism stubbornness	Barbara W. Tuchman
3ee7ee7	"Because I know my daughter," she said. "And I know very well that the only way to absolutely ensure that she pursues any given course of action is for me to forbid her to do so."	stubbornness	Jim Butcher
67adfbd	"Mais Turandot sort brusquement de son bistrot et, du bas des marches, il lui crie : "Eh petite, ou vas-tu comme ca ?" Zazie ne lui repond pas, elle se contente d'allonger le pas."	kid stubbornness zazie	Raymond Queneau

13dd10a

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

dignity elizabeth-bennet empowerment fear independence intimidation self-determination strength stubbornness women

Jane Austen

86929a4

I'm unpredictable, I never know where I'm going until I get there, I'm so random, I'm always growing, learning, changing, I'm never the same person twice. But one thing you can be sure of about me; is I will always do exactly what I want to do.

change character-defining character-quote growth growth-life inspirational inspirational-attitude inspiring learning life-and-living random stubbornness unpredictable

C. JoyBell C.

9647b36

"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."

jace-wayland stubbornness

Cassandra Clare

7eed105

There's none so blind as those who will not listen.

paraphrased stubbornness

Neil Gaiman

70ec402

[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs.

stubbornness values

Jared Diamond

d9c34e9

The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.

rationality reason stubbornness

Ellis Peters

29a9cc0

And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in even if they do understand.

replies stubbornness trolls understanding

Augustine of Hippo

05828c9

"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."

stubbornness

H.G. Wells

147e238

There's a line in the Bible about perfect love casting out fear. That I don't know about, but orneriness will do it every time.

stubbornness

Peter S. Beagle

212ac20

We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From this high ground we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities. We take pride in our short fuses. Our anger elevates, transcends.

offense pride rage stubbornness

Salman Rushdie

28b7d0c

"Fat-heided creatures, the Carmichaels," she said judiciously. "Loyal enough, but stubborn as rocks." "Thus sayeth a Fraser," I remarked. "The Carmichaels must be something special in that line."

humor jenny-murray stubbornness

Diana Gabaldon

77ccc24

The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change.

stubbornness

Peter F. Hamilton

47ea4d3

"To the best of my knowledge, sir," Benedict said in an apologetic tone, "no one has ever been able to tell my dear cousin anything. At all."

stubbornness

Jim Butcher

fed85bd

The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke

openness skepticism stubbornness

Barbara W. Tuchman

3ee7ee7

"Because I know my daughter," she said. "And I know very well that the only way to absolutely ensure that she pursues any given course of action is for me to forbid her to do so."

stubbornness

Jim Butcher

67adfbd

"Mais Turandot sort brusquement de son bistrot et, du bas des marches, il lui crie : "Eh petite, ou vas-tu comme ca ?" Zazie ne lui repond pas, elle se contente d'allonger le pas."

kid stubbornness zazie

Raymond Queneau