Quotes About Adjustment

There are no conditions to which a man cannot become used, especially if he sees that all around him are living in the same way.

No hay situación a la que el hombre no se acostumbre, especialmente si todos los que le rodean la soportan como él.

There are no conditions of life to which a man cannot accustom himself, especially if he sees that every one around him lives in the same way.

Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.

It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.

The party is over but I've landed on my feet And I'm standing here on this corner Where there used to be a street

You should always know when you're shifting gears in life. You should leave your era; it should never leave you.

It's like you've been in a terrible accident and had your arm amputated," she told him. "After a while, the pain goes away, and eventually you even learn to get along without your arm. Some days you're sad that you're missing your arm, and some days you're angry about it, and some days you're okay. But, no matter what, no matter how long it's been, you never stop missing your arm.

The unbalanced are more at home with life's twists and turns.

Every truth bends and reshapes itself or is reshaped by other forces.

Everyone here was the cleverest little monkey in his or her particular tree. Except now we're all in one tree together. It can be a shock. Not enough coconuts to go round. You'll be dealing with your equals for the first time in your life, and your betters. You won't like it.

Er zijn in het leven weinig omstandigheden waaraan de mens niet went, vooral wanneer hij ziet dat iedereen in zijn omgeving ze aanvaardt.

had only been at SUM a year

It doesn't need to be the same every day, doesn't need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I've always been very flexible. I don't care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.

The biggest lesson that I've learnt is that things can change so quickly, never get used to one thing because everything can flip on it's head.

When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. Now I find the best thing is to just relax. Being recognized is just something you have to get used to.

Things do not always happen the way I would like them to happen, and I had better get used to that.

Every mother in the world knows this feeling one day... of emptiness, a time comes where you feel a little less useful because you're no longer running left and right. Life no longer has the same rhythm.

When you're picking up and moving, it does create... well, I can sleep anywhere, which is really useful, it turns out, on movie sets. But what it really does is teach you how to adapt and change and fit into a new group or school, and that really is a lot like turning up to a new movie project and finding your place.

I feel sorry... for people who've had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them. I have had a lifetime to adjust to seeing how people treat women who aren't their idea of beautiful and therefore aren't their idea of useful, and I had to find ways to become useful to myself.

But I think it's always difficult when a product that you're using and accustomed to changes.

You need a little time, the usual sort of time it takes to get to know your team-mates and the league itself, but it's all good, generally. I'm very happy.