Quotes about Flexibility

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken', and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen

It is hard to say what the future holds, but this is probable - it won't be just like the past.

The future isn't so much about absorbing or tolerating change, it's about making change.

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

A man don't always have to change the land. He can find a way to fit in.

If you dont like something, change it. If you cant change it, change your attitude.

If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

From the beginning no serious Christian has been able to say 'This is my culture, so I must adapt the gospel to fit within it', just as no serious Christian has been able to say 'This is my surrounding culture, so I must oppose it tooth and nail'. Christians are neither chameleons, changing colour to suit their surroundings, nor rhinoceroses, ready to charge at anything in sight.

It all becomes so complicated, people grumble—when what they really mean is, "I am so used to reading this passage one way that I find it hard to switch and consider other options.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.