Quotes about Adaptability

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

She used to say that her secret to life was that she "hoped for the best, was prepared for the worst, so anything in between didn't come as a surprise.

Bishops need to resist the defensiveness that institutions often fall back on in crisis moments.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

Cast down your bucket where you are.

After having been for a while at Hampton, I found myself in difficulty because I did not have books and clothing. Usually, however, I got around the trouble about books by borrowing from those who were more fortunate than myself.

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

The cardinal rule in prayer remains the dictum of Don Chapman: "Pray as you can; don't pray as you can't.

If we maintain the open-mindedness of children, we challenge fixed ideas and established structures, including our own.

We can follow a steady upward course in a world of change without fear, welcoming opportunities