Quotes About Flexibility

And yes, water freezes. But it also melts.

Be open to the possibility that there are other paths available to you in relating to yourself and to another.

Bengalis say when offered cod, we still have other fish to fry.

On paper, in the colonel's lamp-lit office, when we saw a problem it was easy to fix; all we had to do was direct that corps commanders regulate their columns so as not to delay each other, halting until crossroads were clear, keeping their riles well closed, and so forth. It didn't work that way on the ground, which was neither flat nor clean - nor, as it turned out, dry

Strength through adversity. The strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell. It is pounded and struck repeatedly before it's plunged back into the molten fire. The fire gives it power and flexibility, and the blows give it strength. Those two things make the metal pliable and able to withstand every battle it's called upon to fight. (Savitar)

If I said I wouldn't toss him out of my bed for eating crackers, would you leave me alone? (Grace) Maybe. What else wouldn't you toss him out of bed for? (Selena) Eating greasy grimy gopher guts? (Grace)

It's all about perspective, my friend. That and the ability to duck fast when life throws excrement at you. -Maris

I'm staying here tonight. I can bunk on the floor. (Nathan) What if I say no? (Terri) I'll just break in after you go to sleep and still bunk on the floor. (Nathan)

The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months.

When life hands you lemons say, "Lemons? What else have you got?" - bumper sticker

Yeah, but what happens if life hands me pickles? - Bumper sticker

It's unrealistic to live your life within such strict parameters.

An unbending and absolute acceptance of any idea is a sure sign of a small mind, no matter the greatness of intellect possesed by the one accepting that idea.

"Going with the flow" is for some people an excuse for not taking action and it refers usually to one's life situation.

In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.

life is a succession of readjustments.

Sometimes plans don't translate smoothly from paper to real life.

I never had a time line for my life. I didn't say I wanted to be married at 28 and have three kids by the time I was 32.

What can be the dharma at one point in your life can totally reverse itself, and suddenly you might be doing something the opposite or something very new, something you never considered.

A part of them has grown very attached to a certain way of life.

There is no best teacher. Life itself is the teacher. There is no best method. All that matters is that it works.

The island of the tonal, the way we see life, is there so we can get through our life. It was never intended to become a dictator that would usurp all other views of the world and banish them.

Lao Tsu says the way of life is water, to be fluid.

It seemed that everywhere you went, people quickly adapted to the way they had to live, and called it Life.