{"quotes":[{"text":"You stubborn bastard. Take it from someone who knows firsthand, there’s a lot to be said for forgiveness. Grudges seldom hurt anyone except the one bearing them.'And there’s a lot to be said for knocking enemies upside their heads and cracking skulls open.'Ash \u0026 Urian.","author":"Sherrilyn Kenyon","tags":["forgiveness","grudge","revenge","stubborn","violence"],"id":3396,"author_id":"Sherrilyn+Kenyon"},{"text":"I treat my thoughts like an old person treats their valuables: I cannot for the life of me proceed to throwing them out.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["artist","belief","brain","cognition","confession","consideration","creativity","creed","death","discard","funny","funny-but-true","habits","honesty","humor","instinct","intellectual","intuition","irrational","knowledge","life","logic","mind","negativity","old-habits","old-person","opinion","original-thought","positivity","precious","psychology","rational","rationalization","sentimental","stubborn","think","thinker","thinking","thought","thoughts","tradition","treasure","valuable","wisdom"],"id":6887,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.","author":"Cole Younger","tags":["stubborn","drive","young "],"id":6995,"author_id":"Cole+Younger"},{"text":"Greatness untethered from God results in calamity unrestrained by men.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["arrogance","calamity","christian","christianity","ego","ego-centric","egotistical","god","great","greatness","greed","jesus","jesus-christ","men","narcissism","restrain","restraint","sin","stubborn"],"id":8508,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"The stubbornly doubter always wants to be heardby listens to nothing and misconstrues everything.","author":"Toba Beta","tags":["doubt","listen","misconstrue","stubborn"],"id":11437,"author_id":"Toba+Beta"},{"text":"Stubbornness is a weapon.People tend to draw it out when a sensitive part of their identity is threatened—be it dignity, honor, pride, desires, etc. If loaded with righteous resolve, stubbornness can assist in overcoming obstacles and achieving great feats; however, more often than not it is loaded with anger, used as a means of destruction for both the possessor and those whom he turns his weapon upon. It is best utilized by wise individuals who are able to dispassionately perceive if their stubbornness will accomplish good, or if it should be put away and replaced by a humble substitute to spare the lives of everyone affected.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["headstrong","obstinacy","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","stubborn","stubbornness"],"id":16228,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"If you adjust first time, compromise second time, failure is what you will get third time.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["adjust","adjustment","compromise","compromises","fail","failure","failures","first-time","human","humans","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","motivation","motivational","motivational","persistence","philosophy","second-time","stubborn","success","third-time","unchanging","victory","win","winning","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":18714,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"I tried to abandon my tenacity, but I just couldn't let it go.","author":"Tim Fargo","tags":["ambition","ambitious","desirable","desire","desired","determination","determined","doggedness","fixated","fixed","letting-go","pursue","pursuit","stubborn","stubborness","tenacious","tenaciously","tenacity"],"id":22404,"author_id":"Tim+Fargo"},{"text":"#Cats are marvelous creatures - they either adapt to circumstances, or decide to make circumstances adapt to them. Either way - they win.","author":"Will Advise","tags":["adapt","adaptation","cat","cats","circumstance","circumstances","compete","competition","creature","creatures","decide","decision","decisions","marvel","marvelous","meow","nothing","regardless","stubborn","stubbornness","winning","wonder","wonderful"],"id":24789,"author_id":"Will+Advise"},{"text":"There's nothing more stubborn than a fact. That is why you hate them so much. They offend you.","author":"Tom Rob Smith","tags":["facts","stubborn"],"id":26346,"author_id":"Tom+Rob+Smith"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":81,"pages":9,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}