And perhaps this is what people these days dislike about Bond - he doesn't apologize for who he is, he doesn't care what others think of him, he doesn't bow down to the pressure of public opinion or social convention - he does what he thinks he needs to do, in a way that he believes is the best way to do it. It doesn't always work out, but tomorrow, he will approach the day in the same way - no matter the pain it causes himself.
Huh? for some strange reason now I feel a bit alluded to in this paragraph. Are you perhaps trying to call me Bond? James 'Cranky Gandalf' Bond? 
Nah, I don't think so. Bond changes as he needs to for the environment he is operating in. Stubbornly flexible, not inflexibly stubborn. :)
Hahahaha good one! Need to add that phrase to my notepad.