Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be. – Proverb
If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile. – Proverb
They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. – Francis Bacon
Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you. – William Frederick Book
I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt. – Scotty Bowman
One learns to itch where one can scratch. – Ernest Bramah
Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment. – John Dewey
By taking things personally, you set yourself up to suffer. The impact on you and the ripple effects on those around you are unhealthy. – Suzanne Mayo Frindt
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. – Mahatma Gandhi
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. – Alexander Hamilton
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. – Jane Heard
The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind. – Heinrich Heine
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail. – Abraham Maslow
As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted. – Lucy Maud Montgomery
They are as much for Mars, as for Mercury; as well qualified for war, as for business. – Source Unknown
It is a wise person that adapts themselves to all contingencies; its the fool who always struggles like a swimmer against the current. – Source Unknown
