Quotes about Obstinacy

I owe as much of my success to an uncompromising obstinacy as to any original ideas.

In short, their malice is a veil to hinder them from observing the light of God; their obstinacy renders them harder than stones, so that they never suffer themselves to be subdued.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

He turned Pharaoh over to Satan to be confirmed in the obstinacy of his breast. This is why he had previously said, "I will restrain his heart" [Ex. 4:21]. The people go forth from Egypt; as enemies the inhabitants of the region come to meet them. What has stirred them up? Moses, indeed, declared to the people that it was the Lord who stiffened their hearts [Deut. 2:30].

In his classic work, The Spiritual Combat, Dom Lorenzo Scupoli wrote: "This war is unavoidable, and you must either fight or die. The obstinacy of your enemies is so fierce that peace and arbitration with them is utterly impossible.

Some people are hardheaded and will not attempt to change until they experience a hard lesson.

When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

At the back of it there lies the central citadel of obstinacy: I will not give up my right to myself--the thing God intends you to give up if ever you are going to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

When we would say 'No way,' he would say, 'My way.' Then the ones who doubted would scramble to salvage the blessing. And the one who gave it would savor the surprise.