#stubbornness

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#stubbornness #stupidity #love

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#his #man #more #religion #stubbornness

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. ↗

— Jane Austen

#dignity #elizabeth-bennet #empowerment #fear #independence

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#impossible #obstacle #overcome #stubbornness #stupid

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#atrocious #devoted #effort #fanatical #only

I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years. ↗

— Brett Favre

#i #i think #me #play #stubbornness

Disappointment is really just a term for our refusal to look on the bright side. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#discouragement #failure #goals #optimism #pessimism

What do you mean I have to wait for someone's approval?  I'm someone.  I approve.  So I give myself permission to move forward with my full support! ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#approval #dreams #drive #goals #myself

I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling and laughing, and that until then I'll rush around this world I insist is holy and pull at everyone's lapel and make them confess to me and to all. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#jack

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

— Neil Gaiman

#paraphrased #stubbornness #americans