Quotes about Adaptation

Soon I was to find that people who had been creative at one stage of growth now seemed empty of ideas—and worse, they seemed not to notice that the ground had moved up under their feet! As I grew and encountered higher ideals and new goals, what had once been acceptable now seemed lethargic at best and lethal if ignored. You can't take everyone with you just because they were with you where you were before.

People tend to glorify the past, especially when they are struggling with the future.

You can't take credit for what you do when your back is against the wall.

I will park my pride and dip into the lake again

Italian football's different to Spanish and German, but it's only different and not inferior.

Technology has changed how people communicate, how people relate, the speed at which this takes place. To ignore that, in the name of preaching the Word, is to forget that we're to preach the Word to people.

I was in a town of about 10,000 people, and a shipping container with a rusty microscope was their medical clinic.

It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.

Not in his goals but in his transitions, man is great.

When a Japanese manufacturer was asked by his North American counterpart, What is the best language in which to do business?" the man responded: "My customer's language

Just because a pastor does well in one situation does not guarantee he or she will do well in another.

There's a little mourning process when you leave a show.