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Stubborn Quotes - Page 5

Weak people can be very stubborn.

Weak people can be very stubborn.

Josephine Tey (1998). “A Shilling for Candles”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

Arm the obdured breast with stubborn patience as with triple steel.

John Milton (1837). “Paradis perdu: de Milton”, p.122

I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am.

Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1620, Simon and Schuster

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.

Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1620, Simon and Schuster

Well,' said Ransom, 'if it is a delusion, it's a pretty stubborn one.

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Perelandra”, p.152, Simon and Schuster

Man's worst ill is stubbornness of heart.

Aeschylus, Sophocles (2010). “Nine Greek Dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes”, p.281, Cosimo, Inc.

There is a fine line between stubborn and stupid.

Pete Dexter (2013). “Deadwood”, p.269, Vintage

All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.

Oliver Goldsmith (1835). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With a Life and Notes”, p.83

I feel like if I were to get another tattoo, it would probably be those two words. Just stubborn, stubborn, stubborn gladness.

"Elizabeth Gilbert, ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Author, On What It Takes To Get Inspired". Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2013.

The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.

Benjamin Disraeli, Edmund Gosse, Robert Arnot (1904). “The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches”

I'm the most stubborn person I know.

Interview With Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. October 20, 2000.

Ever tell me of a humble heart where I see a stubborn knee.

Thomas Adams (1862). “The works: Being the sum of his sermons, meditations, and other divine and moral discourses. With memoir by Joseph Angus”, p.229