Adaptive Person Quotes & Sayings

I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do. — Jessica Lynch

Nothing is harder to resist than a bit of flattery. — Arnold Lobel

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach. — Roger Von Oech

When I've experienced the Lord's discipline, Hebrews 12:6 has been a means of restoring joy: "The Lord disciplines the one he loves." When I was once experiencing a severe trial, Psalm 50:15 became a source of comfort: "Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me" (Niv). On another occasion when I thought my future looked bleak, I was enabled to rejoice in the Lord through the assurance of Jeremiah 29:11, "'I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"' (Niv). — Jerry Bridges

What other people believe shouldn't (be allowed to) hurt me. — Christina Engela

Newspapers and magazines are vanishing. But science writers are not. In fact, they are becoming so adept and varied that I hardly have time to read 'Gawker' anymore. — Michael Specter

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades. — Ben Mendelsohn

It is not the stongest person who wins in life, but it is the most nimble, flexible, and adaptive person who wins in life. — Debasish Mridha

The voice of the dead was a living voice to me. — Alfred Lord Tennyson