Quotes About Flexibility

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to.

Life is fluid, ever evolving. The more dynamic you are, the more happens in your life, all the time.

But sometimes, no matter how hard you plan, mistakes can still be made. Sometimes, problems arise that you never even thought about beforehand.

But why should he be open-minded when he thinks he's right?

If you cannot fix it," he says, "maybe you have to look at it differently.

Mr Traynor's a nice man. And I wouldn't have brought you here if I thought it wouldn't go well.' 'If he doesn't like me, can we just leave? Like, really quickly?' 'Of course.' 'I'll know. Just from how he looks at me.' 'We'll skid out on two wheels if necessary.

I've just learned not to get wound up about things I can't change.

Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.

Map out your future, but do it in pencil.

Nevers aren't forever!

We're fighting an enemy that is far different than any we have got before. It's a nontraditional kind of war, and I think we need to step back, recalibrate how we go about protecting our borders and protecting our people, and resetting our position in the world.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.

be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others

Roles lack two essential ingredients: flexibility and honesty. In trying to define natural femininity, it's really important that we don't make it a role; it must be about something we are, not merely what we act like.

If you dislike change, you're going to dislike irrelevance even more.

No use of getting upset over the way things are..

the artist's job is not to get locked into any period

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well. —EPICTETUS

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well. —EPICTETUS2

On the other hand, those with a growth mindset believe that intelligence is something that can be grown. Effort, work, and challenges are what make intelligence grow and flower and bear juicy fruit. People with a growth mindset aren't as attached to demonstrating their intelligence because they know intelligence can be increased, and so intelligence isn't a fundamental, unvarying aspect of their sense of self. Notice I said, "aren't as attached.

Goals are in a near-constant state of revision, especially the shorter-term goals, because as you come up against the reality of learning something, you have to adapt to adjust to that reality.

making the best of a bad situation is the heart of creativity.

Consensual reality is both fragile and elastic, and it heals like the skin of a bubble.