Quotes About Flexibility

Humans can balance on strange surfaces, Odrade said. Even on unpredictable ones. It's called 'getting in tune.' Great musicians know it. Surfers I watched when I was a child on Gammu, they knew it. Some waves throw you but you're prepared for that. You climb back up and go at it once more.

The Fremen have a saying they credit to Shai-hulud, Old Father Eternity," he said. "They say: 'Be prepared to appreciate what you meet.

Every sense you possess is an instrument for reacting to change.

How the mind gears itself for its environment

They demonstrate how motives of bureaucracy are directly opposed to the need for adapting to change. Adaptability is a prime requirement for life to survive.

There's no reassuring ceiling over you, Moneo. Only an open sky full of changes. Welcome it. Every sense you possess is an instrument for reacting to change. Does that tell you nothing?

There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.  Ã¢â'¬â€Darwi Odrade

Organic churches, like those in the New Testament, are different. They are not trains, but groups of people out for a walk. These groups move much more slowly than trains—only several miles per hour at the fastest. But they can turn at a moment's notice. More importantly, they can be genuinely attentive to their world, to their Lord, and to each other.

The fox who keeps to one den is the easiest caught by the terriers, and I felt I had nested too long in one place.

The mind is like a parachute - it doesn't work if it's not open.

A mind is like a parachute. It works better when it's open!

A mind is like a parachute, it doesn't work if it isn't open.

It's the fun part of this business: you never know what your day is gonna hold. Some things could be very, very last-minute. It could be at that very last second. So, it's pretty wild, and it keeps you on your toes. That's for sure.

Any story that Billy Wilder told, you can tell in a Western.

Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors.

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

The slogans of globalisation are 'Get on your bike' and 'The world is flat.' People who want to get on have to be willing to move, often and unhesitatingly, at the behest of their employer or to seek work.

One of the difficult things in a high-growth company is that, even with the best intentions, the company moves so fast, and growth happens so regularly. When you move at that rate, you have to be willing to change, and you have to be willing to take advice.

Oracle has grown and advanced because we've been consistently willing to cannibalize ourselves.

I actually prefer playing as a left winger rather than a striker, but I just want to be very clear that I'm willing to play in either position.

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.