Creativity is paradoxical. To create, a person must have knowledge but forget the knowledge, must see unexpected connections in things but not have a mental disorder, must work hard but spend time doing nothing as...

It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance.

Dragons have been known to have staring contests with mountains. They usually win.

I’ve never been good with asking for help; it seems risky, but at some point when things are really dicey, your stubbornness gives way to a certain form of humility that, after you get over...

What do you mean I have to wait for someone’s approval? I’m someone. I approve. So I give myself permission to move forward with my full support!

Basic personality traits develop early in life and over time become inviolable, hardwired. Most people learn little from experience, rarely thinking of adjusting their behavior, see problems as emanating from those around them, and keep...

Now do you understand? I am never changing who I am.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Disappointment is really just a term for our refusal to look on the bright side.

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...

People you don’t like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.~Victor Radcliff

If you plan to build walls around me, know this—I will walk through them.

I’m unpredictable, I never know where I’m going until I get there, I’m so random, I’m always growing, learning, changing, I’m never the same person twice. But one thing you can be sure of about...

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

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.

And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to...

Clearly you know nothing about me…because the surest way to keep me from doing something is to tell me I have no other choice.

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.

There is enough heartache and sorrow in this life without our adding to it through our own stubbornness, bitterness, and resentment.

You build walls to fortify your heart,and blame on others for your loneliness.

The only difference between falling in love and being in love is that your heart already knows how you feel, but your mind is too stubborn to admit it.

I’m not stubborn. My way is just better.

It would seem no matter how progressive we get there are always those few who are backwards in their ways.

The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.

So I won’t. I won’t think of it, and I’ll make procrastination my new national pastime.

A man would rather break his donkeys back than give it the carrot it requires to progress.

[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs.

Fallen man is both terrified of vulnerability and committed to maintaining independence.

Arrogance combined with stubbornness is a ticking bomb.

The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.

We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the...

Mais Turandot sort brusquement de son bistrot et, du bas des marches, il lui crie : “Eh petite, où vas-tu comme ça ?” Zazie ne lui rèpond pas, elle se contente d’allonger le pas.

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must havethe stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthlessfurnace of this world. To make injustice the onlymeasure of our attention...