Quotes About Flexibility

Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

We tend to assume linearity: that tomorrow will be like yesterday; that next week will resemble last week; next year be like last year, and so on. Linear extrapolations, however, can be blinders.

You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't you do the next best thing. You back up, but you don't give up.

No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.

You can't always pick where you fight, or who you fight...or even...how you fight. But do the picking...whenever you can.

That's the key to having it all: stop expecting it to look like what you thought it was going to look like.

Honey, anything can be hard - having a husband gone all the time, or underfoot all the time, or no husband, or … whatever. The answer is to build a life around those things.

You never know what you're going to get with a pinball game," John said. "It's a lot like life. You can't control it, so you have to just roll with it and do the best you can. And if you do well enough, sometimes you get a bonus play.

It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind.

I'm often in a situation that I have to prepare a pudding for surprise guests, only to find that the only thing I have in my cupboard is a box of dried figs.

The hot water that softens a carrot will harden an egg.

Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune.

Putin learned from reading the William King and David Cleland textbook in the 1980s and 1990s, planning for uncertainty is the most important element of strategy.

In short, there are always uncertainties. Nothing is preordained and nothing can be ruled out. Things always go wrong. There will be unexpected events and operational setbacks.53 Being prepared is key. You need contingency plans. You have to diversify and maximize your positions, and keep all options open. You must not do anything irrevocable—make a decision or take actions that put yourself in a position you cannot get out of later.

Words are forceful but fair, flexible, yet solid, strong, dependable. Words are multi-cultural, without prejudice. They believe in freedom, equality, equanimity. If a word were a man he'd be a man of his word.

Liars are chameleons that take on any colour.

Time is fixed and time is flexible. It is an invention by man and the curse of man. We all need more time.

Stubbornness is not the opposite of leniency, but the extension of tolerance.

The present world is a changing environment and people can only adapt or neglect the pressures of time.

People who believe in The Truth often read one book or a group of books all their lives. For them the last word has been uttered by, say, Thomas Aquinas or Adolf Hitler or Friedrich Nietzsche. Hence they stick to their particular Bible and wear it to shreds. Such readers are almost always psychopaths. A one-book man is a dangerous man and should be taken in hand and taught how to diversify his literary investments.

When confronted with unexpected and ambiguous circumstances, you can either see opportunity or obstacles. I believe that opportunity is present even in chaotic situations.

socialism had somehow made time more flexible. There were often situations when 1 PM and 5 PM were interchangeable.

We never know that one particular set of ideas contains all the right answers; even if it does today, it might not be equipped to face unexpected challenges tomorrow.

If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.