Top 23 Adaptability Quotes

Nolan Ryan, Skip Bayless, Tom House (1991). “Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Power, Precision, and Long-Term Performance”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Ernest Bramah

Scratches, Adaptation, Adaptability

Ernest Bramah (2016). “THE KAI LUNG FANTASY SERIES: The Wallet of Kai Lung, Kai Lung's Golden Hours & Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat: The Transmutation of Ling, The Story of Yung Chang, The Probation of Sen Heng, The Experiment of the Mandarin Chan Hung, The Confession of Kai Lung, The Vengeance of Tung Fel and more”, p.442, e-artnow

Whatever the job is, we can do it. Thats why the nation has a Marine Corps.

James F. Amos

Jobs, Marine, Adaptability

"Reshaping Your Corps". Interview with Bob Drury, www.menshealth.com. June 2, 2011.

Singularity shows something wrong in the mind.

Erica Jong

Mind, Adaptability, Shows

Man adapts himself to everything, to the best and the worst.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

Men, Adaptability, Worst

Unadaptability is often a virtue.

Flannery O'Connor

Virtue, Adaptability

Flannery O'Connor (1988). “The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor”, p.365, Macmillan

To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could.

Louis L'Amour

Rooms, Made, Adaptability

Louis L'Amour (2005). “Last of the Breed”, p.161, Bantam

One learns to adapt to the land in which one lives.

Louis L'Amour

Land, Adaptability

Louis L'Amour (2014). “The Sacketts Volume One 5-Book Bundle: Sackett's Land, To the Far Blue Mountains, The Warrior's Path, Jubal Sackett, Ride the River”, p.556, Bantam

In terms of adaptability, humans are pretty amazingly useless.

Bill Bryson

Useless, Adaptability, Term

It's a lot easier to get your way if you have more than one way.

Jennifer James

Way, Easier, Adaptability

Jennifer James (1988). “Women and the Blues: Passions That Hurt Passions That Heal”, Harpercollins

Adaptability to change is itself a hallmark of successful education.

Peter Hilton

Successful, Hallmark, Adaptability

if I can't get what I want - well, I'll want what I can get.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Acceptance, Want, Adaptability

Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “L. M. MONTGOMERY – Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poetry, Letters and Autobiography (Including The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, The Blue Castle, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, The Golden Road, Mistress Pat, Chronicles of Avonlea, Kilmeny of the Orchard and many more”, p.2399, e-artnow

Action and adaptability create opportunity.

Garrison Wynn

Opportunity, Action, Adaptability

It is not balance you need but adaptability.

Erwin McManus

Balance, Needs, Adaptability

Erwin Raphael McManus (2008). “Wide Awake: The Future Is Waiting Within You”, p.72, Thomas Nelson Inc

the strongest will is the will that knows how to bend.

Alice Duer Miller

Adaptability, Strongest, Know How

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world.

Robert Green Ingersoll

World, Commodity, Adaptability

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.207, Library of Alexandria

A society which is mobile, which is full of channels for the distribution of a change occurring anywhere, must see to it that its members are educated to personal initiative and adaptability.

John Dewey

Initiative, Members, Adaptability

John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education”, p.91, Sheba Blake Publishing