Quotes About Flexibility

I was developing what I would call an "athletic" approach to hospitality, sometimes playing offense, sometimes playing defense, but always wanting to find a way to win. ... The point is to keep the dialogue open while sending the message: I am your agent, not the gatekeeper!

Belief is just the place of understanding you are at the moment. Without an open mind, you will be standing in that one spot forever.

I admit that it's easier To learn than to relearn. But harder still Is to unlearn.

You will become less organized as you get older.

I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.

This isn't just a book about organizational change—it's also about

I am fairly agile. I can bend and not break. Or I can break and take it with a smile.

That's the part of it I [Sam Spade] always liked. He [Flitcraft] adjusted himself to beams falling, and then no more of them fell, and he adjusted himself to their not falling.

I'm not a movie guy, I'm not a TV sitcom guy, but whatever seems to fit and is funny is good for me.

No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.

Thus, some individuals may skip certain stages, or blend them, or pass through them so fleetingly that they do not even acknowledge their presence.

When a training scenario does not go the way you wanted it to, then do it again, but do not ever think you are dead in an exercise.

If you hold on tight to what you think is your thing you may find you re missing all the rest

One of the greatest faults in modern education is overstructuring, which does not allow for play at every point in the educational process. -Edward T. Hall

So during the rainy season the prudent person carries an umbrela, while the reckless person does not and, of course, gets wet when it rains. Prudence is not precise knowledge, but a willingness to adapt to circumstances in the shortest possible time.

Everything is on the table and nothing on the altar.

Hillary: Live With It' is no rallying cry.

I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.

When your only tool is a hammer, so the saying goes, everything looks like a nail.

When life gives you lemons you make lemonade. I have several stands.

I am willing to taste any drink once.

You do not even wish to be tortured?" "Well, I admit I had expected something of the sort. But none the less, I will not make a point of it," said Jurgen, handsomely. "No, I shall be quite satisfied even though you do not torture me at all." And

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.

It is a good thing to have two ways of looking at a subject, and to admit that there are two ways of looking at it.