Quotes about Adaptation
Taken together, the dramatic societal shifts — often in ten generations or less — provide a compelling refutation of the claim that we are condemned, without hope of reprieve, to live out our lives in a barely disguised chimpanzee social order.
— Carl Sagan
It's far better to move somewhere on a trial basis as a single person to try out the option than to get married first and then see if you like it.
— Gary Thomas
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
— Brian Tracy
Don't complain to yourselves that you can't go to the mission field! Thank God for bringing the mission field to you!
— Brother Andrew
Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.
— Bruce Lee
The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.
— Bruce Lee
Obey the principles without being bound by them.
— Bruce Lee
Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular view, one will not be able to follow the swift movement of "what is.
— Bruce Lee
When the opponent expand, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And, when there is an opportunity, I do not hit - it hits all by itself.
— Bruce Lee
Learn the principles, abide by the principles, and then dissolve the principles.
— Bruce Lee
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.
— Bruce Lee
The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from a schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it.
— Herman Melville