Adaptability Quotes

Adaptability is the simple secret of survival.

The creativity and adaptability of life expresses itself through the spontaneous emergence of novelty at critical points of instability. Every human organization contains both designed and emergent structures. The challenge is to find the right balance between the creativity of emergence and the stability of design.

We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time.

Let us learn to skillfully draw good out of what would otherwise cause us harm.

There are three ways to correct our faults:We can change through behavior We can change through understanding We can change heart

Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.

Nature has color-coded groups of individuals so that statistically reliable predictions of their adaptability to intellectual rewarding and effective lives can easily be made and profitably used by the pragmatic man-in-the street.

The more adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it is to make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that more people will make more plans in such areas.

Whatever the job is, we can do it. Thats why the nation has a Marine Corps.

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

One learns to adapt to the land in which one lives.

As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.

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

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs.

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.

There's a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don't mind hardship. We don't mind somebody saying, "Go in and do this nasty job." Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps.

We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.

Singularity shows something wrong in the mind.

My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place [cell 54 of Cairo Central Prison] taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never, therefore, make any progress.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could.

Adaptability cushions the impact of change or disappointment.

Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

Man adapts himself to everything, to the best and the worst.

It is not balance you need but adaptability.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

You can't build an adaptable organization without adaptable people - and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.

Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.

Action and adaptability create opportunity.

In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.

The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change, that lives within the means available and works co-operatively against common threats.

It's a lot easier to get your way if you have more than one way.

The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now, aviation brings a new concept of time and distance to the affairs of men. It demands adaptability to change, places a premium on quickness of thought and speed of action.

The mind of a horse is a very limited concern, relying almost entirely upon memory. He rivals our politicians in that he has little real intellect. Consequently, when the pony was faced with conditions different from those to which he was accustomed, he showed little adaptability.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

We'll have a different set of values, and society will adapt. That doesn't mean these changes are all good, just because we will accept them. But the 'Chicken Little' view of history isn't correct. Changes take place gradually, and people and institutions adapt.

After you pray, accept, adapt and move on, .. That's what winners do.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

It's so important for jewelry has to be versatile. The statement piece is no longer just that. One day it's a statement and the next it's merely an accent to a great pair of shoes or a stunning handbag. Adaptability is key.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century Americans.