There are many things behind a good novel, but in particular there is a lot of work - a lot of patience, a lot of stubbornness, and a critical spirit.
Stubbornness destroys good advice.
Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.
I think my stubbornness has served me well. I just knew at an early age what I wanted to do and I was determined to be able to make it happen, no matter how long it took.
A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country
God's will is hard only when it comes up against our stubbornness, then it is as cruel as a ploughshare and as devastating as an earthquake.
Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.
A lot of my branding has come from stubbornness - I knew what I liked. I knew what I wanted to do.
I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk.
I love my mother. My mother made sure, her stubbornness - she made sure we was going to eat. She made sure we had Christmases. That was my mother. My father wasn't there for that.
I am a patient listener, but opinionated to the point of stubbornness when my mind is made up.
I don't believe much in luck. I believe more in work, in convincing, in stubbornness and in capacity.
Stubborness we deprecate, Firmness we condone, The former is our neighbors trait, The latter is our own.
I'm not stubborn. My way is just better.
The man who can be compelled knows not how to die.
Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.
We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world. To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.
Court, in our society, is often the last resort of stubbornness.
Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.
Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits
