Insisting Quotes

“It is not easy, she thinks, to make your way in the world while insisting on a new path.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, River of Stars

“5:3 Do Not Wither within Your Area of Expertise
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But the lawyer must not allow the client to make a decision that the lawyer believes is wrong without a forceful and effective presentation by the lawyer of his or her position on the subject. When the matter is within the sphere of the lawyer's expertise, the lawyer must not permit the fear of being wrong to devour the lawyer's obligation to urge a course of action which the lawyer believes to be the best." (p.58)”
― Peter Siviglia, Writing Contracts: A Distinct Discipline

“Certainly, it is good for the personal self to have clear goals and a designated path to those goals. However, we work against fulfilling ourselves and our goals by having tunnel vision and insisting on the way we, at least, at the moment, want. Numerous ways are possible, many of which we will be unaware of until they materialize.”
― Donna Goddard, Love's Longing