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.

An American a Negro... two souls two thoughts two unreconciled strivings two warring ideals in one dark body whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.

One ever feels his twoness - an American a Negro two souls two thoughts two unreconciled strivings two warring ideals in one dark body whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.