#tub

Alek didn’t move, unsure what he could say or do to erase her pain. Like the rest of the Draig, he was a warrior, a fighter, used to the action of doing what needed to be done. But in this situation there was no giant fanged yorkin to hunt, no Var army to battle. There was only reality and the flawed nature of imperfect men. - Dragon Lords 6: The Stubborn Lord by Michelle M. Pillow - Coming 2013 ↗

— Michelle M. Pillow

#michelle-pilow #stubborn-lord #men

When a person boldly declares, 'You can't,' he might as well add on, 'can you?', knowing that this spoken roadblock only serves to fuel a challenge in naturally stubborn souls. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#dare #impossibility #richelle #richelle-goodrich #roadblock

It's an unfortunate fact that I'm easily discouraged. But the fortunate truth is I'm stubborn as hell and near impossible to sway in my resolve. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#discouragement #resolve #richelle #richelle-goodrich #stubbornness

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

— Willie Aames

#bad #bad thing #being #depends #good

Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#climbing #done #floating #grand #grand canyon

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. ↗

— John Adams

#cannot #dictates #evidence #facts #inclinations

Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people? ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#disapprove #having #how #i #important

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#cling #deal #forced #gone #hate

New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#aids #alzheimer #animal #been #cancer

One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance. ↗

— King Albert II

#endangered #fills #imposes #independence #itself