Quotes About Adaptability

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

Never take long-range plans seriously. Use them for general guidance as long as they seem to be taking you where you want to go, but whatever you do, don't get stuck with them. Throw them in the trash heap as soon as something better comes along.

Never be afraid to zigzag. Avoid wailing yourself into a category: "I'm a secretary...I'm in the computer business...I'm a Detroiter." You never know which direction your lucky breaks may come from. When they drift into reach, grab them.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it.

Ti si prakti?an, prilagodljiv, sposoban za život. Tebe ne mu?e kompleksi, nemaš predrasuda. Tvoja noga sigurno gazi zemljom. Ne osvr?eš se, ne kolebaš, ne živiš od sje?anja, zadovoljno gledaš iza sebe, vedro ispred sebe, svijet je tvoj, ime ti je stabilnost.

For the desert, a camel is better than a horse. - On Situational Leadership; Stamina vs. Speed

Why not try to use your 'outside voice'? You know, I sometimes think that the most effective people in the world are introverts who taught themselves how to be extroverts.

There are many opportunities in a life. It's not a failing to take whatever comes one's way. In fact, I rather think it a strength.

At some point in my early forties I realized that my primary goal in just about any verbal exchange is to lighten the mood.

For a flexible person, it is impossible not to reach his destination, because by using his ability to be flexible he can easily define a nearer new destination.

A gazelle runs faster than us; cockroaches are remarkably tolerant of radiation; every being has some superiority; in remembering this, be very humble!

Be as soft as possible, if something good and wise wants to shape you; be as hard as possible, if something bad and foolish wants to shape you!

Do not hold an idea tightly! There is always a possibility that what you believe might be wrong! Hold your ideas loosely so that you can easily get rid of them once you have realised that they are wrong!

Flexibility is one of the main roads leading to happiness.

Here is a good principle: If need be, give up your principles!

Only the clever men can be flexible; others are condemned to remain as rigid!

Only when you give up being consistent will you find the truth! Inconsistency makes you free to discover other roads.

Science is a seagull, it knows the sky; it is a squirrel, it knows the forest; it is a mole, it knows the underground; it is a dolphin, it knows the ocean! Science is a multi-talented creature!

Standing upright is not a talent because a brainless wooden beam can stand upright too! The important thing is to be flexible!

The real traveller is the one who continues his journey even when the road ends!

There is one thing sure about life: Life will push us hardly many times! When you are pushed, don't be surprised; stay firm like a plane tree or be elastic like a bamboo!

We can drink soup with a fork, it will only take long time! As long as we are patient, we can drink it even with a tiny pin!

You're going to have to learn to ride a horse on your own, Phaedra," he said. "It will make the journey faster." "The mule and I have an agreement." "The mule and you have similar traits," he said.