Quotes about Adaptability

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

you learn how to recover from falling by falling! It is precisely by falling off the bike many times that you eventually learn what the balance feels like. The skater pushing both right and left eventually goes where he or she wants to go. People who have never allowed themselves to fall are actually off balance, while not realizing it at all. That is why they are so hard to live with.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

My brother Francis wrote a letter in Greek to the headmasters of private schools, selling cooking stoves. When some wrote back that they could not read Greek, he sent them another letter — in Latin. This produced orders.

His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish.

I have always been of the belief that whatever the conditions, you just crack on with it.

When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to the moment, your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter resistance, recognize that if you force the situation, the resistance will only increase. You don't want to stand rigid like a tall oak that cracks and collapses in the storm. Instead, you want to be flexible, like a reed that bends with the storm and survives.

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.

Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean cannot be had.

Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.

If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.