Adaptation Quotes

"Part of being a parent is rolling with the punches, so consider an unexpected pregnancy the universe’s way of helping you to learn to do that."

- Heather Wittenberg

"Life is unpredictable. Don’t close your minds to possibilities."

- Llyod Blankfein

"It’s life. You don’t figure it out. You just climb up on the beast and ride."

- Rebecca Wells

"There is enormous power in nailing your morning routine, but there’s even more power in adapting to it when it doesn’t happen as we’d like."

- Terri Schneider

"You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."

- Jon Kabat-Zinn

"When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way."

- Morihei Ueshiba

"I have come to regard November as the older, harder man’s October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures."

- Henry Rollins

"If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right."

- Jerry Seinfeld

"If you begin with 'who,' rather than 'what,' you can more easily adapt to a changing world."

- James C. Collins

"First who, rather than what, you can more easily adapt to a changing world."

- James C. Collins

"Everything is figureoutable."

- Marie Forleo

"Unrealistic training leads to unrealistic expectations and unrealistic expectations are deadly on the street."

- Jeff Chudwin

"If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution to a problem you’re trying to solve."

- Jeff Bezos

"Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else."

- Sara Blakely

"No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible, be the unexpected."

- Lynda Barry

"Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That’s our job as humans."

- Edie Falco

"Obviously, it wasn’t meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That’s our job as humans."

- Edie Falco

"You know how I always dread the whole year? Well this time I’m only going to dread one day at a time."

- Charlie Brown

"If plan 'A' doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters – 204 if you're in Japan."

- Claire Cook

"I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago."

- Robert Moog

"Yoga is a dance between control and surrender – between pushing and letting go – and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being."

- Joel Kramer

"I think it’s interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It’s being receptive."

- Cyndi Lee

"Truck drivers are the ultimate problem solvers, finding solutions to unexpected challenges on the road."

"Life on the road can be one of the two things. If you are flexible( able to adapt and change to new situations and events), truck driving means constant adventure."

"Crawl, walk, run can be a very effective approach, even during times of rapid and radical technological change."

"An accountant is someone who solves a problem you didn’t know you had in a way you don’t understand."

"Accounting is the art of managing chaos with logic and numbers, much like life itself."

"More importantly, gracefully let go of the things and people that are not meant for you. Accept things the way they are."

"This is your captain speaking. If you look out the right side of the aircraft, you will notice flight 195 challenging us to a race."

"I follow a strict packing list: Panic, Pack, Repack, Panic more."