Obstinacy

One of his sermons was on "Obstinacy," illustrated by a story told him by an old colored man:

Literary Hearthstones of Dixie La Salle Corbell Pickett 1889

Then there were the dangers at the destination: "A new Negro, if he must be broke, either from Obstinacy, or, which I am more apt to suppose, from Greatness of Soul, will require more hard Discipline than a young Spaniel," wrote a 17th-century traveler, quoted in Lerone Bennett's "Before the Mayflower."

Why Its Not Just Paranoia 2008

Obstinacy is a killer, just like it is in my case.

babycartercl Diary Entry babycartercl 2007

Obstinacy in the face of counter-arguments was not, in his opinion, a virtue in a scientifically-minded philosopher.

Russell's Moral Philosophy Pigden, Charles 2007

Obstinacy, and telling a lie, and committing a wilful fault, and then persisting in it, are, I agree with this gentleman, the only causes for which the child should be punished with stripes: and I admire the reasons he gives against a too rigorous and severe treatment of children.

Pamela 2006

Obstinacy and bad judgment lead a person to mischaracterize the situation and hence to miss opportunities for reform.

Balkinization 2003

Obstinacy and bad judgment lead a person to mischaracterize the situation and hence to miss opportunities for reform.

Balkinization 2003

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Religion 2004

Obstinacy of a sort seized upon me, and I did my best to arrest the thing, but it slipped away, and kept turning over and over, so that

Poor Folk 2003

Obstinacy, however, sufficed no more than courage.

Counting Up, Counting Down Turtledove, Harry 2002