Quotes about Flexibility
Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment; unreasonable men try to adapt their environment to themselves. Thus all progress is the result of the efforts of unreasonable men.
- George Bernard Shaw
There is a subtle danger in a man thinking that he is "fixed" for life. It indicates that the next jolt of the wheel of progress is going to fling him off.
- Henry Ford
For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
As long as you live, you will be subject to change, whether you will it or not - now glad, now sorrowful; now pleased, now displeased; now devout, now undevout; now vigorous, now slothful; now gloomy, now merry. But a wise man who is well taught in spiritual labor stands unshaken in all such things, and heeds little what he feels, or from what side the wind of instability blows.
- Thomas a Kempis
This is great wisdom, not to be hasty in action, or stubborn in our own opinions.
- Thomas a Kempis
It's pretty neat to be able to help the team in different ways.
- J. J. Watt
I would never say never. You never know what is going to happen.
- James Milner
As such, there is no one-size-fits-all approach that anyone can offer you. The hot water that softens a carrot will harden an egg.
- Clayton M. Christensen
Data has an annoying way of conforming itself to support whatever point of view we want it to support.
- Clayton M. Christensen
But in disruptive situations, action must be taken before careful plans are made. Because much less can be known about what markets need or how large they can become, plans must serve a very different purpose: They must be plans for learning rather than plans for implementation.
- Clayton M. Christensen
A man can get used to anything, but do not ask us how.
- Viktor E. Frankl
To put the question in general terms would be comparable to the question posed to a chess champion: "Tell me, Master, what is the best move in the world?" There simply is no such thing as the best or even a good move apart from a particular situation in a game and the particular personality of one's opponent.
- Viktor E. Frankl