Quotes about Flexibility

The reasonable man adapts himself to the environment. The unreasonable man adapts the environment to him. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~ George Bernard Shaw

If I got places, sir, it was because I made myself fit for 'em. If you want to slip into a round hole, you must first make a ball of yourself; that's where it is.

character is not cut in marble—it is not something solid and unalterable.

Systematic theology - be careful how you tie down the Word to fit your set and final creeds, systems, dogmas, and organized theistic philosophies! The Word of God is not bound! It's free to say what it will to the individual, and no one can outline it into dispensations which cannot be broken.

You never know what kind of challenges are going to be thrown in your way or opportunities will arise.

When you are at Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

Knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all of human history

Even when the laws have been written down, they ought not always remain unchanged.

scientific discovery requires the boldness of provisional commitment to a point of view, while remaining aware that this may require subsequent modification in the light of further experience.

Think and let think.

Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.