Best 116 quotes in «flexibility quotes» category

To say that one must live in uncertainty doesn’t begin to get at a tenuous, precarious nature of faith. The minute you begin to speak with certitude about God, he is gone. We praise people for having strong faith, but strength is only one part of that physical metaphor: one also needs FLEXIBILITY.

Truth is not fully explosive, but purely electric. You don't blow the world up with the truth; you shock it into motion.

Unlike most fine writers, he wasn't in love with his own words.

we are entering an age where speed, flexibility, innovation and execution matter much more than decades-old qualifications or antiquated experiences dressing up a lengthy resume.

When a workman is unceasingly and exclusively engaged in the fabrication of one thing, he ultimately does his work with singular dexterity; but, at the same time, he loses the general faculty of applying his mind to the direction of the work. His every day becomes more of adroit and less industrious; so that it may be said of him, that, in proportion as the workman improves, the man is degraded. Alexis de Tocqueville

What then are the benefits of being mentally flexible? Imagine a storm brewing. Intense winds are blowing hard. Stiff trees are breaking under the pressure while softer more flexible trees are bending and will rise again when the strong winds subside. Now turn this image onto human beings. People who are narrow minded, opinionated, stubborn and bullheaded are more likely to crack under pressure than people who take up a more flexible attitude towards life. It is the difference between bending and breaking under pressure.

When you give without needing anything in return, it provides you infinite flexibility and power.

When we arrived at my home north of the city, my five-year-old son Magnus, brimming with the confidence he'd gained in two full weeks of kindergarten, opened the front door and asked John, "Is it true you live in a tent?" "Yes, it is," John said. "Why don't you have a house like everybody else?" John leaned in to meet Magnus' dubious stare. "Because I endeavor to remain flexible.

Willow trees up high bend amid ancient knowledge shared softly by antique winds. Through attained wisdom they mature, strong and certain, enchanting the bygone winds

Wisdom requires a flexible mind.

Yielding flexibility is a virtue of an ever-expanding heart.

When the Chief Justice read me the oath,' he [FDR] later told an adviser, 'and came to the words "support the Constitution of the United States" I felt like saying: "Yes, but it's the Constitution as I understand it, flexible enough to meet any new problem of democracy--not the kind of Constitution your Court has raised up as a barrier to progress and democracy.

All things change. Cultivate flexibility rather than perfection.

Be flexible, but stick to your principles.

Flexibility has become a modern day value that everyone wants. But flexibility comes with a cost.

Flexibility comes from having multiple choices; wisdom comes from having multiple perspectives.

For taijutsu, the flexibility of the legs is the most important factor, not the strength of the legs.

I'm not going to say to Putin that he'll get more flexibility after the election. After the election he'll get more backbone.

Flexibility in a time of great change is a vital quality of leadership.

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.

Flexibility is the key to stability.

I love working with the quartet. I have more freedom and flexibility.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

I'm varying my workouts so it's not just cardio but also includes moves to maintain my flexibility.

I had temping jobs also. I liked the flexibility. There was no asking for time off; you just didn't work.

Some actors come to casting and ask me, "Didn't you see my previous roles?" We do not work with actors like this. Their previous roles do not matter; I need the actual work with an actor in this particular character that has been written in our script. What matters is flexibility, believability and efficiency of an actor.

I think the thing with Medicare - and a lot of this - I should say, with Medicaid - and this is going to depend - states are going to be in a position to have a lot of flexibility.

Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security.

The great thing about mod_rewrite is it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail. The downside to mod_rewrite is that it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail.

The Chinese economy has huge potential and flexibility.

The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc.

The euro is good for Europe. But only if there is flexibility all around.

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

The main problem with rail is flexibility and affordability.

To be fulfilled, a prophecy needs lots of flexibility.

The least flexible component of any system is the user.

True flexibility can be achieved only when all muscles are uniformly developed

Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.

You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.

You can photograph anything. You can be inside, outside, doesn't matter, you're controlling the light. It gives you great flexibility. That was a primary motivation.

Ability to laugh at evil, to relativize symbols without dismissing them is usually a sign of a rather healthy person. Puritans and reformers can never laugh.

A central administration enervates the nations in which it exists by incessantly diminishing their public spirit. If such an administration succeeds in convincing all the disposable resources of a people, it impairs at least the renewal of those resources.

A flexible mind has a better chance to think differently and take a unique path in the life journey.

A guarantee in this life: Change! Flexibility is better than predictability!

And she knew that this was the thing that would harm Dionne in the end, not her foolishness but the foolhardy way in which she clung to her own terrible ideas. She knew that this was Avril's undoing, not that she'd made the wrong choices, but that she'd been so unwilling to let anyone in to see the lie of her marriage, this masking was worse than the original mistake. Sixty-three years on this earth has taught Hyacinth that it wasn't so much the mistakes that people made but how flexible they were in the aftermath that made all the difference in how their lives turned out. It was the women who held too tightly to the dream of their husband's fidelity who unraveled, the parents who clasped their children too close who lost them, the me who grieved too deeply the lives they'd wanted and would never have who saw their sadness consume them. Hyacinth worried about Dionne because of her hard way of being in the world, the way she could only see the world through the lens of her own flawed feelings.

Anyone who can't change his or her mind don't deserve a mind.

A tree that is unbending is easily broken in a powerful storm. But not grass.” Scratching the scar at the corner of one eye he added , “Or so says some guy named Lao Tzu.

Be flexible and adapt easily to new things

Be gifted with wise flexibility.

Be gifted with wise flexibility.” ― Angelica Hopes