Quotes About Flexibility

But rather than collapse under these threats and pulls, the self turns out to be surprisingly resilient. It makes use of bits and pieces here and there and somehow keeps going. What may seem to be mere tactical flexibility, or just bungling along, turns out to be much more than that. We find ourselves evolving a self of many possibilities, one that has risks and pitfalls but at the same time holds out considerable promise for the human future.

Relax, lad. Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

Great captains earned their reputation not just for laying brilliant plans, but for still being able to find victory after those plans began to fall apart.

When change comes, you can scream and try to force things to stay the same. But you'll usually end up getting trampled. However, if you can direct the changes, they can serve you.

Times are not what they were, and we cannot be, either. If you sit and wish for what you want, you may not see it this side of the grave.

No plan of battle survives first contact

Never make a plan without knowing as much as you can of the enemy. Never be afraid to change your plans when you receive new information. Never believe you know everything. And never wait to know everything.

Patience is a virtue that must be learned, but we must all be ready for the change of an instant.

People never really changed, yet the world did, with disturbing regularity. You just had to live with it, or at least live through it. Now and then, with luck, you could affect the direction of the changes, but even if you stopped one, you only set another in motion.

Not all options will be good ones. Sometimes you have to make the best of a bad lot and ride the storm.

The spine that refused to bend at all was often the most malleable once it gave way.

Change what you can if it needs changing, but learn to live with what you can't change.' You'll only get a sick stomach, otherwise

No use pulling your hair when the wind isn't blowing the way you want

You have to trim your sails to take advantage of how the wind is blowing. Think coolly, and you make it back to shore. Get your neck hot, and you'll drown.

Always consider the possibility your assumptions are wrong

Everything always changes. The best plan lasts until the first arrow leaves the bow.

Kesabaran adalah kebajikan yang harus dipelajari, tetapi kita semua harus siap untuk perubahan secepat apapun - Sheriam

No, it is not me that's changed. I'm the same; it is everything else that's different.

A man is an oak, a woman a willow," the saying ran. The oak fought the wind and was broken, while the willow bent when it must and survived.

En kötü olas?l?klar için plan yapmak iyidir, ama onlar?n a??rl??? alt?nda ezilmemen gerek. Sabit fikir haline getirmemelisin. Bir kraliçe, her ÅŸeyden önce, umut sahibi olmal?d?r.

The best plan lasts until the first arrow leaves the bow.

When change comes, you can scream and try to force things to stay the same. But you'll usually end up getting trampled. However, if you can direct the changes, they can serve you. Just as the Power serves us, but only after we surrender to it.

People never really changed, yet the world did, with disturbing regularity. You just had to live with it, or at least live through it.

You must shape the vision to the land, not the land to the vision.