Quotes About Adaptation

The only thing that never changes is that everything changes.

They all believed that ideas are not "out there" waiting to be discovered, but are tools—like forks and knives and microchips—that people devise to cope with the world in which they find themselves.

In the fields of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

And yet, unlearn we must, for technology relentlessly transforms the playing field, changing not just the answers but the questions as well.

management doesn't change culture. Management invites the workforce itself to change the culture.

People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.

The best way to meet any challenge is to be prepared for it.

The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a spider, she doesn't get mad. She weaves and repairs it.

Every day you have to abandon your past or accept it, and then, if you cannot accept it, you become a sculptor.

A house you can rebuild; a bridge you can restring; a washed-out road you can fill in. But there is nothing you can do about a tree but mourn.

Parenthood anywhere from the heart of Texas to the middle of Manhattan is one long coping with maladjusted personalities, crooked teeth, allergies to goose feathers and lamentable traits inherited from the other side of the family.

The Water gets hot very gradually, and as far as the frog is concerned, there is no one point where it gets dramatically different or bad enough to jump out.

Things which do not grow and change are dead things.

There is a natural rhythm and flow of life . Things come and things go. I believe that when something goes, it is to make place for something new.

Sometimes when we try to release a pattern, the whole situation seems to get worse for a while. This is not a bad thing. It is a sign that the situation is beginning to move. Our

I am willing to change." Repeat this often. "I am willing to change. I am willing to change." You can touch your throat as you say this. The throat is the energy center in the body where change takes place. By touching your throat, you are acknowledging you are in the process of changing.

Make a Decision to Be "Willing to Change"!

Let's use the affirmation, "I am willing to change." Repeat this often. "I am willing to change. I am willing to change.

Be aware that where you DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE is exactly the area where you NEED to change the most. "I am willing to change.

As we gain more understanding, awareness and knowledge, then we will do things differently.

Impatience is only another form of resistance. It is resistance to learning and to changing. When

old saying, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again," is so true. It doesn't mean beat yourself up and try the same old way again. It means recognize your error and try another way — until you learn to do it correctly.

This form of resistance shows up in denial of the need to do any changing. Things like: There is nothing wrong with me. I can't do anything about this problem. I was all right last time. What good would it do to change? If I ignore it, maybe the problem will go away.