(13 quotes found)
“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
“Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures' will”
Alexander MacLaren
“One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.”
Man Ray
“Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
“That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey”
John Erskine
“'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one”
Laurence Sterne
“Never suffer your courage to exert itself in fierceness, your resolution in obstinacy, your wisdom in cunning, nor your patience in sullenness and despair.”
Charles Palmer
“I know that the French people will understand that we had to act, ... Before the unjustified and incomprehensible obstinacy of President Milosevic, the allies unanimously agreed that there was no other choice than to intervene militarily against targeted Serbian objectives. This in order to contain a tragedy which endangers the stability of the Balkans more and more.”
Jacques Chirac
“The enemy was too strong for me, but he was severely punished for his obstinacy. His casualties were more than quadruple mine.”
John Buford
