Quotes About Flexibility

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

You can't move so fast that you try to change [a situation] faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.

He who cannot do what he wants must make do with what he can.

To expect life to be tailored to our specifications is to invite frustration.

The time is comin' whin not more thin hath iv us'll be rale, an' th' rest'll be rubber, (plastic!)

To make a crooked stick straight, we bend it the contrary way.

You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The facts of life are very stubborn things.

Follow your interests, get the best available education and training, set your sights high, be persistent, be flexible, keep your options open, accept help when offered, and be prepared to help others.

If there is no wind, row.

You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.

Let's face it, some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.

Put aside the need to know some future design and simply leave your life open to what is needed of it by the Divine forces.

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow.

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

She's not moody. She's just known for her versatility of emotions.

Well-adjusted means you can make the same mistakes over and over again, and keep smiling.

One of your most powerful inner resources is your own creativity. Be willing to try on something new and play the game full-out.

A windmill is eternally at work to accomplish one end, although it shifts with every variation of the weather cock, and assumes 10 different positions in a day.