Stubborn Quotes

Never lose hope, be persistent and stubborn and never give up. There are many instances in history where apparent losers suddenly turn out to be winners unexpectedly, so you should never conclude all hope is lost.

I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.

Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

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

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.

Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.

What will happen once the authentic mass man takes over, we do not know yet, although it may be a fair guess that he will have more in common with the meticulous, calculated correctness of Himmler than with the hysterical fanaticism of Hitler, will more resemble the stubborn dullness of Molotov than the sensual vindictive cruelty of Stalin.

My mother always says, "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak." I can be very focused and determined. But, I can also be very stubborn. Be flexible be nuanced.

and a fact is the most stubborn thing in the world.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.

Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.

Success comes from stubborn perseverance and the tenacity not to admit defeat

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

No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.

However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a stubborn resistance.

There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.

My experience is that inventors come in all sizes, all nationalities, all ages. The only thing I'm sure of is that inventors are always stubborn.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.

Somebody who sticks to his guns can be called a stubborn person or a principled person, it depends on whether you like his ideas or not. You can call somebody whose ideas you don't like an ideologist or a person of ideas. You can call somebody whose actions you don't like a pragmatist if you like them, or an opportunist if you don't.

I'm stubborn. I'm hardheaded. I don't do what I don't want to do.

Ironically, some of our most stubborn habits and disorders are products of our plasticity.

I'm definitely open to change, but at the same time I am quite stubborn.

You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The facts of life are very stubborn things.

Be stubborn and persist, and trust yourself on what you love. You have to trust what you love.

I am... stubborn, and I admit it, so it's OK.

But time has a way of demonstrating the most stubborn are the most intelligent.

The stubbornness of a weak man should never be underestimated. The weak tend to be very stubborn when they've decided on something.

I think I was born stubborn, that's all.

There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart.

The only way I will leave this job will be because of results. I'm too stubborn to quit because of criticism - too stubborn.

When I'm hell-bent on something, there's no way around it. I can be a very stubborn.

God hath long contended with a stubborn world, and thrown down many a blessing upon them; and when all his other gifts could not prevail, He at last made a gift of Himself.

I'm nihilistic, antagonistic, violent, horrible - but not obliterated, yet. I just refuse to be beaten down. I think it's stubborness that keeps me going.

Facts are stubborn things, but, as some one has wisely said, not half so stubborn as fallacies.

The thing about inventing is you have to be both stubborn and flexible. The hard part is figuring out when to be which.

Women are hard and proud and stubborn-hearted, Their heads being turned with praise and flattery; And that is why their lovers are afraid To tell them a plain story.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

Facts are stupid things — stubborn things, I should say.

A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness

Get out of show business. Its the best advice I ever got, because Im so stubborn that if someone would tell me that, I would stay in it to the bitter end.

When I started modeling, I was definitely heavier. I was quite voluptuous in fact. I had a real baby face and baby fat. But I was a baby! I was told I had to get into better shape, but I'm quite stubborn so I didn't.

I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity.

This is why I say that the individual's most potent weapon is a stubborn belief in the triumph of common decency.

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

Being stubborn won't make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you'll learn not to.