flexibility quotes

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.

I’m never in the same place for more than, like, three days at a time. Things can change from one minute to the next.

I’m a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They’re great for you limber-wise, they’re great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.

I couldn’t say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.

I adapt and I adjust to whatever environment I’m in.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others.

If the team keeps changing then everything has to keep changing.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

If you want to be a good strategist, you can never just go off a principle you read in a book. You need to adapt what you do to the situation; no rule of thumb is true all the time.

People want to watch whatever video they want to watch whenever they want to watch. If you provision your Internet infrastructure adequately, you can do that.

You have to protect it too, you can’t let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At the same time, I don’t believe in being so rigid about controlling what happens either.

I think politicians really go with the tide.

From the moment I open my eyes, I’m trying to free my body. I’m trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.

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

Jiu Jitsu is a great workout both mentally and physically. You want to be strong for it and flexible for it.

The biggest issue is muscle pliability. That’s what I think the biggest secret to me is. What is muscle pliability? Muscle pliability is keeping your muscles long and soft.

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don’t believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can’t possibly foresee now.

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.