Quotes about Flexibility

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change

True wisdom is marked by willingness to listen and a sense of knowing when to yield.

Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

If you ask people where they go when they really need to get work done, very few will respond 'the office.' If they do say the office, they'll include a qualifier such as 'super-early in the morning before anyone gets in,' or 'I stay late at night after everyone's left,' or 'I sneak in on the weekend.'

Closed systems run down and get more chaotic over time. Always get better by being 'open' to outside energy and templates of better ways to function.

Fate does not bend for us-we must bend to it.

Too many times we lose today's battles because we're still engaged in fighting yesterday's.

We're all endlessly figuring it out because Spirit keeps doing something new. We can fight this, resist this, dig in our heels, wish things were the way they used to be, or we can embrace it. We can choose to see it with fear and frustration, or we can see it as thrilling and invigorating. Organizations can keep trying to relive their glory days, wishing things were like they were when they started.

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.

We cannot be effective if we continue to cling to the old ways, the old strategies, the old assumptions.

I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way.

Getting caught up in rigid habits is not an option.