Author Topic: Saints weigh in on being STUBBORN (Read 116487 times)

OSanctissimus · « **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2026, 11:35:11 AM »

These quotes are good reminders.

I think the distinction someone else is trying to make on this thread is between "stubbornness" (a vice) and "fortitude" (a virtue).

It is an important distinction to be made and to know if one's tenaciousness is being directed in the right way, towards fortitude and a good goal, or something else.

Lazarus · « **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2026, 12:48:33 PM »

The difference between stubborness and fortitude is the intent. From a behavioural and external point of view, both stubbornness and fortitude look like the same thing. However, Catholic morality isn't only about the external behaviour, it is about the intent behind it.

Stubbornness is what we call someone who refuses to change their mind when they are wrong. Steadfastness on the other hand is what we call someone who stays in the right no matter the consequences.

The only way to be steadfast is to have following God's will as the intent. All virtues come from God, whereas the Devil wants to use our temperament against us so that we go to hell.

Being called "stubborn" by heretics is not a bad thing.

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