There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

I always knew I'd keep at it with the plodding doggedness that I used to master lump-less gravy and wriggle out of fitness classes; I always knew I'd get a zillion rejection slips. I figured I'd write part time while working various full-time office jobs, and maybe, maybe in my 50s, I'd be able to quit and try writing full time.

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

Wisdom is not lofty. Instead, it is simply the dogged determination to apply what we know despite the fact that we may not like what we know.

A little less complaint and whining and a little more dogged work and manly striving would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that which is dogged determination.

If history is a guide a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia.

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.