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Adaptability16 quotes
There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves. — Frank Herbert · 1985Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him. — Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1860Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things they could get used to. — Arundhati Roy · 1997The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, for it requires that we should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. — Marcus Aurelius · 180It is a bad plan that admits of no modification. — Publilius Syrus · 43 BCWhen you are at Rome live in the Roman style: when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. — St. Ambrose · 397All 16 quotes →Human nature3 quotes
Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things they could get used to. — Arundhati Roy · 1997There are no conditions of life to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees them accepted by everyone about him. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind. — John Maynard Keynes · 1919Flexibility2 quotes
There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves. — Frank Herbert · 1985It is a bad plan that admits of no modification. — Publilius Syrus · 43 BCAmerican Civil War1 quote
The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. — Abraham Lincoln · 1862Balance1 quote
There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves. — Frank Herbert · 1985Changing with the times1 quote
The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. — Abraham Lincoln · 1862Cultural sensitivity1 quote
When you are at Rome live in the Roman style: when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. — St. Ambrose · 397Custom and convention1 quote
When you are at Rome live in the Roman style: when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. — St. Ambrose · 397Improvisation1 quote
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, for it requires that we should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Life1 quote
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, for it requires that we should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Living well1 quote
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, for it requires that we should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Man as social animal1 quote
There are no conditions of life to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees them accepted by everyone about him. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877Nature of man1 quote
Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him. — Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1860Solving problems1 quote
The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. — Abraham Lincoln · 1862The human condition1 quote
Too much happens... Man performs, engenders, so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything... That's what is so terrible. — William Faulkner · 1932Waves1 quote
There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves. — Frank Herbert · 1985