Adapt & Advance Quotes

“When there is a crisis, that's when some are interested in getting out and that's when we are interested in getting in”

“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.”

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

“Everything negative is an opportunity for me to rise.”

“Dig your well before you're thirsty.”

“A friend in power is a friend lost.”

“Figure it out as you go.”

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.”

“If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.”

“The best solution to a problem is often unrelated to who is at fault.”

“The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.”

“It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.”

“One of the most powerful lessons to learn is that you can figure out what to do in situations that seem to have no solution.”

“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.”

“Where a man can live, he can also live well.”

“When you start in life, if you find you are wrongly placed, don’t hesitate to change, but don’t change because troubles come up and difficulties arise. You must meet and overcome and conquer them. And in meeting and overcoming and conquering them, you will make yourself stronger for the future.”

“People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often.”

“Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.”

“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.”

“Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”

“The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.”

“When we stop fighting the inevitable, we release energy which enables us to create a richer life”

“Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.”

“Stop repeating what never worked in the first place. Stand back and ask for a new solution.”

“Instead of asking ‘what’s the problem?’ ask ‘what’s the creative opportunity?’”

“Just because Fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.”

“If you want to keep getting what you’re getting, keep doing what you’re doing.”

“Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options.”

“Quitting is for winners and quitting is a skill.”

“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.”

“The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.”

“Life is always changing. It’s okay to pick a new North Star.”

“My favorite type of mental toughness is not forcing one path, but being open to many paths: Whatever comes my way, I can handle it. Whatever resources I have, I can make it work. Whatever the day brings, I can thrive.”

“The more you let a single belief define you, the less capable you are of adapting when life challenges you.”

“If you’re unwilling to adapt to the future, you’ll justify the past.”

“Pay attention to when the thing you’re chasing exceeds its usefulness.”

“Everything is impermanent. Life is constantly changing, so you need to periodically check in to see if your old habits and beliefs are still serving you.”

“When you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.”

“Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.”

“Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don’t want to and when we think we don’t need to.”

“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”

“Give yourself freedom to try out new things. Don’t be so set in your ways that you can’t grow.”

“When faced by any loss, there’s no point in trying to recover what has been, it’s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.”

“Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.”

“People can’t live with change if there’s not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.”

“When adversity threatens to paralyze us, we need to reassert control by finding a new direction in which to invest psychic energy, a direction that lies outside the reach of external forces.”

“I try not to be an ideologue about anything. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, and I’m willing to evolve.”

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”