“The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”
Henry Ward Beecher
“The robes of lawyers are lined with the obstinacy of clients”
Proverb
“One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.”
Man Ray
“Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures' will”
Alexander MacLaren
“'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one”
Laurence Sterne
“Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.”
Arthur Schopenhauer