Quotes About Adaptability

Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not always appeal to us.

softness overcomes hardness.

How often do we lose sight of what we're really after, insisting on all or nothing, when there is so much abundance wherever we are and so many opportunities that can help us on our way?

The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail…. Whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life.

However, I don't think that we should let the task or goal become the end-all to a training session, either. If things aren't going well, maybe it's time to listen to what our horse is trying to tell us. It could very well be that he has the answer to why things aren't going well, and if we give him half a chance, perhaps he'll tell us what that is. I have seen so many horses almost

The American woman's interest does not lie in the man; she wants to be alone, and she can't be alone without dabbling, today in chemistry, to-morrow in physiology and the day after in Buddhism.

A company commander,' said Dicky Umfraville, when we met later that year, 'needs the qualifications of a ringmaster in a first-class circus, and a nanny in a large family.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain. It's about removing the fear in this area of your life so you can focus on what matters most.

don't look to jump over seven-foot bars: I look around for one-foot bars that I can step over. —WARREN BUFFETT

One of the most important decisions you can make to ensure your long-term happiness is to decide to use whatever life gives you in the moment

I'm here to tell you that it's not important initially to know how you're going to create a result. What's important is to decide you will find a way, no matter what. In Unlimited Power, I outlined what I call "The Ultimate Success Formula," which is an elementary process for getting you where you want to go: 1) Decide what you want, 2) Take action, 3) Notice what's working or not, and 4) Change your approach until you achieve what you want.

The path to success consists of knowing your outcome, taking action, knowing what results you're getting, and having the flexibility to change until you're successful.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

If you want to play the game and win, you've got to play "full out." You've got to be willing to feel stupid, and you've got to be willing to try things that might not work—and if they don't work, be willing to change your approach.

There are hearts and bodies so organized, that in them severe wounds are incurable, whereas in others no injury seems to be fatal.

What's the use of crowbars? It's not crowbars that we need, it's intelligence and common sense

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

According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), nearly 60 percent of employers offer some kind of flexible work arrangements—and nearly half of those companies make those arrangements available to a majority of their employees.

You don't have to keep up, dear. You just have to keep open.

There was something supremely sexy about a man who planned ahead like this, who wore his options like a tool belt, ready for any emergency.

If man can live in Manhattan, he can live anywhere.

It was fascinating to watch that agile mind trying one opening after another, testing and rejecting all the theories that Stormgren himself had abandoned long ago.

By mapping out possible futures, as well as a good many improbable ones, the science fiction writer does a great service to the community. He encourages in his readers flexibility of mind, readiness to accept and even welcome change—in one word, adaptability. Perhaps no attribute is more important in this age.

Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.