Quotes About Adjustment

Relationships are such that if one person changes, the relationship changes.

Things change, and not always for the better.

in the immortal words of Owen Hart, "Enough is enough, and it's time for a chance.

These unusual times were quickly making for unusual arrangements.

Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.

Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.

When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.

If a person is unwilling to adjust personal goals when starting a relationship, then a lot of what subsequently happens in that relationship will produce disorder in the person's consciousness, because novel patterns of interaction will conflict with old patterns of expectation.

Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether.

Because the students were needed in the fields from early spring when the cotton was planted until after most of the cotton had been picked in the fall, the school adjusted its terms accordingly, beginning in October and dismissing in March.

softening the hard ground for the coming

The metric system ruined me.

He lives all alone now, in the home they bought, and finally seems to be managing, more or less. Not the way he was, of course, with her, who lives alone now, too, at the same address. - Separatio in Loco

His Presbyterian minister father had believed in a divine design, and Mozasu believed that life was like this game where the player could adjust the dials yet also expect the uncertainty of factors he couldn't control. He understood why his customers wanted to play something that looked fixed but which also left room for randomness and hope.

Life is full of things he cannot control so he must adapt.

It was as if a warm room had gotten cooler, but it was still the same room.

If we know how to adapt, we end up being superior.

Getting married is a lot like getting into a tub of hot water. After you get used to it, it ain't so hot.

Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway, so you might as well marry into a family that is similar to your own, and make that much less of an adjustment. But the 'love marriage', as it is called, is equally common in India now. But it would be interesting to do a comparison of what would work better. Marriage is hard work, and it is a gamble.

I was never good at jumping in, letting go of one element and embracing another.

Anger is like fire. You can make a great steak with hot fire, but if you can't adjust the flame, you'll burn it up. Success is about learning how to adjust the flame.

less so than their predecessors.

The most difficult struggle of all is the one within ourselves. Let us not get accustomed and adjusted to these conditions. The one who adjusts ceases to discriminate between good and evil. He becomes a slave in body and soul. Whatever may happen to you, remember always: Don't adjust! Revolt against the reality!

My life needs editing.