Inspirational stubborn quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
Famous Stubborn Quotes
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. Amit Kalantri
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Albert Einstein
You don’t stay undefeated without being a little stubborn. Andre Ward
Stubborn people get themselves in a lot of trouble, but they also get things done. Anna Paquin
I’m stubborn; once I start something, I want to see how far I can go. Oksana Masters
The brave are always stubborn. Paulo Coelho
It takes a special kind of stubbornness to succeed as an entrepreneur. Sophia Amoruso
I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds. Louis Nizer
Stubborn people get themselves in a lot of trouble, but they also get things done. Anna Paquin
Well, I’m stubborn and wrong, but at least I know it. Vanessa Carlton
When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others. John C. Maxwell
Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it. Willie Aames
In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. Simone de Beauvoir
I’m very determined and stubborn. There’s a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit. Mary Lou Retton
Be stubborn and persist, and trust yourself on what you love. You have to trust what you love. Carolee Schneemann
Being stubborn is a virtue when you’re right; it’s only a character flaw when you’re wrong. Chuck Noll
You can hate a person with your whole body, but love is a stubborn thing, it clings on in your heart. Anna Maxted
Be stubborn and persist, and trust yourself on what you love. You have to trust what you love. Carolee Schneemann
The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances. Jon Krakauer
Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off. Steven Pressfield
Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view. François De La Rochefoucauld
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence: nor is the law less stable than the fact. John Adams
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal. Friedrich Nietzsche
Stubbornness destroys good advice. Ali ibn Abi Talib
Stubbornness leads to strong will. Lailah Akita
What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other. Barbra Streisand
Being stubborn won’t make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you’ll learn not to. Thanh Hoa Lai
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal. Friedrich Nietzsche
Being stubborn is a virtue when you’re right, it’s only a character flaw when you’re wrong. Chuck Noll
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed. Albert Einstein
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. Jane Austen
There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it. Alexander Herzen
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. Colleen Hover
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. Mark Twain
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed. Albert Einstein
We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details. Jeff Bezos
I’m not stubborn. My way is just better. Maya Banks
A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness. Robert Southey
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. Michel De Montaigne
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know. Henry David Thoreau
Stubborn isn’t the same thing as infallible. V.E. Schwab
But time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent. Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Senseless stubbornness leads to sin. Lailah Gifty Akita
The body is amazingly stubborn when it comes to sacrificing itself to the annihilating directions of the mind. Sylvia Plath
Magic happens when you don’t give up, even when you want to. The universe always falls in love with a stubborn heart J.M. Storm
In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. Simone de Beauvoir
Mules had nothing on me when it came to being stubborn. Ann Mayburn
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. Abraham Lincoln
Magic happens when a stubborn soul never gives up on her dreams! Avi Jeet Das
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don’t need another plaque. Denzel Washington
You’re not especially strong, or fast, or bright. Don’t think you are. But you’ll have the stubbornness to wear down anyone stronger, or faster, or brighter than yourself. Robin Hobb
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute that gives meaning to our lives. Tony Robbins
To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt. Samuel Johnson
Life stays stubborn until it has no choice but to give up, and even then it’s likely to spit one last time in the eye of whatever’s killed it. We’re cruel in victory and cruel in defeat, my friends. Steven Erikson
Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail. John Dryden
Don’t be so stubborn and rigid on your principles that the pressure of it on others make them quit from their life. Garima Goel
I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can’t do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability. Ann Bancroft
A stubbornly proud man cannot humble himself; he has neither the strength nor the courage. So have pity, then, and forgive him. Richelle E. Goodrich
Free nations with different histories, economies and a vast amount of stubborn pride will never achieve complete agreement, even when they desire the same objectives. Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Transparency is critical in public health and epidemics; laypeople become either effective force multipliers or stubborn walls. T.K. Naliaka
My mother always says, The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak. I can be very focused and determined. But, I can also be very stubborn. Be flexible, be nuanced. Sarah Lafleur
