There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

Author says change emphasizes what is happening TO us while transition emphasizes opportunity for growth within.

Human beings, whatever their backgrounds, are more open than we think, that their behavior cannot be confidently predicted from their past, that we are all creatures vulnerable to new thoughts, new attitudes.And while such vulnerability...

People tend to be more tofu-like, able to absorb whatever environment they’re dropped into. But where does the adaptability end and your actual personality begin?

Certainly sand was not suitable for life. Yet, was a stationary condition absolutely indispensable for existence? Didn’t unpleasant competition arise precisely because one tried to cling to a fixed position? If one were to give...

Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.

Human nature is water, not stone.

There’s no such thing as a mistake, really. It’s just an opportunity to do something else.

It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.

When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

Sudden shifts and changes are no bad preparation for political life.

All failure is failure to adapt, all success is successful adaptation.

There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.

Many or few alternatives can be at hand. A wise and skilful choice acts from a sincere effort. Solutions and results come from cooperation, hard work and efficiency. With high intention matched with a flexible,...

Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.

I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

As anywhere else, political instability provided an opportunity for local scores to be settled, for personal grievances to be aired, for heroes to be acclaimed and discarded, giving full reign to the fickle fortunes of...

Change is inevitable, progress is not.

Courage was no that hard to come by for children. No matter the hardships they faced, given a little love and encouragement, their spirits rebounded and thrived. Adults were different. Their habits and experiences made...

Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.

Most of us are only willing to call 5% of our present information into question any one point.

A 21st century poet is a woman who can speak her mind and stand upright like a mountain with her convictions, but can adapt like water in an ever changing season without losing her genuine...

Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service.

Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.

It’s a fact—everyone is ignorant in some way or another.Ignorance is our deepest secret.And it is one of the scariest things out there, because those of us who are most ignorant are also the ones...

Set patterns, incapable of adaptability, of pliability, only offer a better cage. Truth is outside of all patterns.

Language is changing constantly; printing and modern education have slowed it but have not stopped it. Given all this change, when, exactly, was language PERFECT, in the language pundit’s mind? One has the feeling that...