Quotes about Accommodation

Some of those under your supervision will catch on quickly, others not. Understanding that patience is an integral part of good teaching and effective leadership allowed me to accept the varying speeds at which people learn and to accommodate, within reason, those differences. Patience became an asset for me rather than a liability. I came to understand that good things take time.

A man don't always have to change the land. He can find a way to fit in.

he had never been able to tailor his behavior to what the goals at hand reasonably required.

Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”

Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”

Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.

And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

We do not see God as he is in himself. We behold him in his works. We name him according to the manner in which he has revealed himself in his works. To see God face to face is for us impossible, at least here on earth. If, nevertheless, God wills that we should know him, he must needs descend to the level of the creature. He must needs accommodate himself to our limited, finite, human consciousness.