Quotes About Adapting

You know the adage "People resist change." It is not really true. People are not stupid. People love change when they know it is a good thing. No one gives back a winning lottery ticket. What people resist is not change per se, but loss. When change involves real or potential loss, people hold on to what they have and resist the change.

A newborn baby has a powerful effect on character. But so does a toddler. A child. A preteen. A teenager. A mother changes with every stage. Some stages are within a mother's skill set. Some stages are like being told to scale a cliff using a rope attached to nothing.

None of us ever think our lives would be our lives," Scotty said.

Folks that has brought up children know that there's no hard and fast method in the world that'll suit every child

I thought: Enh, they'll get used to it. Children grow up. Children leave.

My youth was reacting, it was necessary to live.

Life is full of lessons for the success-minded person who keeps his/her eyes open to what is going on.

When some people retire, it's going to be mighty hard to be able to tell the difference.

To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you respond when youre on your own.

In the past perhaps I would have declined, but I now recalled the Poet's dictum—"To stay is to be nowhere"—and I was happy to accept.

Maybe too many new things are happening. Maybe this is just me, and this is how my whole life will be.

Death changes things,' I said. 'It happens and you can't stop it. You don't have a choice. This is different.' 'Life changes things, too.

Whether you made your choices with your eyes open or closed, they're made. It's not time to regret them; it's time to live with the consequences.

Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.

call it chicken salad

Once, I was easy. Now, I was choosy. See? Big difference.

Her life was perfect. But as was often the case, the rest of us were still adjusting.

You said the other day life was long,' I shot back. 'Which is it?' 'It's both,' she said, shrugging. 'It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.' Kristy and Macy; p.135

It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.

Bueno, siempre era una lata dejarlo todo y marcharnos de nuevo. Pero también depende de cómo se mire. Si lo consideras un cambio demoledor que te va a arruinar la vida, estás perdida. Pero si lo tomas como una repetición, como una oportunidad de reinventarte y comenzar de nuevo, entonces está muy bien. Estábamos en Lakeview a principios de enero. A partir de ahora, podría ser quien yo quisiera.

Life is long. And it's getting longer for most of us. Most people in this country will have three or four marriages in their lifetime. Each one will challenge them and suit them in a different way. The lucky few, the ones who are willing to work at it, will have a handful of very different marriages, all with the same person. —

I just think that sometimes we hang onto people or relationships long after they've ceased to be of any use to either of you. I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family, it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner, everyone knows everyone, and you're there and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to be doing.

A career, like a business, must be budgeted. When it is necessary, the budget can be adjusted to meet changing conditions. A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood.