Quotes About Flexibility

However, the connections between vacuum tubes could be reorganized, enabling the computer to run different calculations.

Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the whole world is changing and advancing is to invite misfortune. The AA program in particular is challenged with an opportunity of unprecedented magnitude.

Each of us is different and has different needs. In addition, our needs change over the course of our relationship. When you are committed to an enduring relationship with someone, you aren't simply concerned about having your needs met. You also go out of your way to care for your loved one, being aware of and adaptable to their changing needs.

The future is not like a book one can read," he said quietly. "It is ever changing, like the rush of water, or the swirl of sand.

The problem with open-mindedness is that it can become empty-mindedness

The Anglican position, stated clearly in the service of ordination and elsewhere, is that we should require no beliefs except what we are persuaded can be solidly based on the Scriptures, but we are free to adopt beliefs and customs that seem consistent with the scriptural witness even though they may not be directly stated.

If you're going to learn, you need to forget what you know.

Evolution doesn't really have a destination. It's just dicking around with possibilities.

If you are going to learn, you need to forget what you know. - Pokey

Die Realität ist oft unkooperativ

Do not become so attached to any one belief than you cannot see past it to another possibility.

He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!

One could argue that all that really matters is that we learn to deal with where we are at any given moment, not where we were.

What is possible is subjective. It's a matter of perspective.

The warrior who can adapt the easiest to the unexpected is the warrior who will live the longest.

Preocúpate por lo que sí puedes cambiar, y deja que el resto se resuelva por sí solo

I like to be wherever interesting things are happening. It's a terribly bad habit of mine.

Do not become so attached to any one belief that you cannot see past it to another possibility.

Do not dwell on things you cannot change - Saphira

But Krishna is flexible when it comes to who a person worships," I say. "He said that whatever god a man or woman worships with love, it is the same as worshipping him. I think that line is one of the keys to the Gita. The worship is for the sake of the devotee, not for the sake of the god.

Una rutina estructurada no es lo mismo que un «horario». Es importante repetir esto: la vida de un bebé no puede ajustarse a las agujas de un reloj.

Approaching everyone you encounter as though they have something valuable to teach you—something that you will benefit from—is the best way to remain flexible, open-minded, and much less stressed.

Self-management is your ability to use your awareness of your emotions to stay flexible and direct your behavior positively.

Hui Shi was set on using the calabash to hold water, never thinking that he could use water to hold the calabash.