There’s a reason why some people are successful and others are not. It all comes down to how determined and stubborn someone is. Here are some great quotes that will inspire you to never give up on your dreams.

1. Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko

2. There can be no summary and dramatic end to a marriage–only a slow and painful unravelling of a tangled skein of threads too stubborn to be broken. — Wallis Simpson

3. Stubbornness is surely just taut–jawed, clenched–fisted madness. — Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons

4. All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes. — Oliver Goldsmith

5. The world doesn’t come to the clever folks it comes to the stubborn obstinate one–idea–at–a–time people. — Mary Roberts Rinehart

6. I knew Dionysus must’ve filled it out, because he stubbornly insisted on getting my name wrong: Dear _______Peter Johnson__________. — Rick Riordan

7. Letting go is the one last option I have and I am too stubborn to take it — Samantha Jones, Just Friends Never Lovers

8. Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity. — Michel de Montaigne

9. Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it. — Willie Aames

10. You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it’s important to have a bit of both. — Roger Federer

11. Smartass Disciple: Master, why do some people so stubborn and unruly ?Master of Stupidity: Only when you want them do according to your wish. — Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

12. As touchy as cabaret performers and as stubborn as factory machinists…. — Tom Rachman, The Imperfectionists

13. I am a patient listener, but opinionated to the point of stubbornness when my mind is made up. — Walt Disney

14. 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

15. How slim the line is between genius and insanity and between determination and stubbornness. — Richard Branson

16. All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes. — Oliver Goldsmith

17. There are many wounded hearts here. Many! Some admit. Others–the stubborn ones, scribble poetry instead. — Saru Singhal

18. 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

19. I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with. — Sonia Sotomayor

20. You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it’s important to have a bit of both. — Roger Federer

21. I’ve got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I’m in it till the end of the race. — Truman Capote

22. Thoth’s beak! You are impossibley stubborn.’ ‘Yeah, it’s a gift. — Rick Riordan

23. As touchy as cabaret performers and as stubborn as factory machinists…. — Tom Rachman, The Imperfectionists

24. She tips her chin up and looks at me with that Abnegation stubbornness I know so well. She may have left them, but they are what’s making her strong. — Veronica Roth

25. Stubborness and staunch, they are both same thingsfrom different point of view, such crazy and eccentric. — Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

26. Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it. — Willie Aames

27. Being stubborn won’t make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you’ll learn not to. — Thanhha Lai

28. I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with. — Sonia Sotomayor

29. I’ve always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to his ideals, to his vision. — Steven Spielberg

30. 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

31. Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko

32. I always believed in God and Christ, but I was in rebellion–trying to make my relationship with God fit into my life instead of making my life fit in with him. I was stubborn. — Scott Stapp

33. I am a patient listener, but opinionated to the point of stubbornness when my mind is made up. — Walt Disney

34. She was strong and stubborn but loving. She was an untouchable angel with a devil’s mark. She was beautiful. — Shannon A. Thompson, November Snow

35. 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

36. Facts are stupid things — stubborn things, I should say. — Ronald Reagan

37. How fate is stubborn and holds to habit. — Susan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin

38. But the walls of my resolvemortared with stubbornnesshave been breached by circumstancesI cannot handle alone. — Susie Clevenger, Dirt Road Dreams

39. Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko

40. Just this once, be the stubborn bastard I know. Don’t die. — Zoe Forward, His Witch to Keep

41. Stubborness and staunch, they are both same thingsfrom different point of view, such crazy and eccentric. — Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

42. Smartass Disciple: Master, why do some people so stubborn and unruly ?Master of Stupidity: Only when you want them do according to your wish. — Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

43. If stubborness were all that was needed to be a good queen, I’d rule the world. — Sara Raasch, Ice Like Fire

44. Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right. — Tony Dungy

45. Just this once, be the stubborn bastard I know. Don’t die. — Zoe Forward, His Witch to Keep

46. A peevish self–willed harlotry it is.*She’s a stubborn little brat.* — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

47. There can be no summary and dramatic end to a marriage–only a slow and painful unravelling of a tangled skein of threads too stubborn to be broken. — Wallis Simpson

48. A surrendered heart leads to greatness. A stubborn heart leads to struggle. — Todd Stocker

49. She tips her chin up and looks at me with that Abnegation stubbornness I know so well. She may have left them, but they are what’s making her strong. — Veronica Roth

50. Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new–born babe. All many be well. — William Shakespeare

No matter how hard you try, there will always be times when you’re met with stubborn resistance. But the best way to deal with it is to stay strong and keep pushing forward. So, take these words of wisdom from some of the greatest minds in history and use them to stay motivated and inspired as you continue on your journey. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” ―Mark Twain