Adaptability

(803 votes)   If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile.

Indian Proverbs
Sayings of Indian Origin

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(632 votes)   Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.

German Proverbs
Sayings of German Origin

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(455 votes)   It is a wise person that adapts themselves to all contingencies; it's the fool who always struggles like a swimmer against the current.

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(439 votes)   Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

Mahatma Gandhi
1869-1948, Indian Political, Spiritual Leader

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(378 votes)   Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.

John Dewey
1859-1952, American Philosopher, Educator

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(319 votes)   They are as much for Mars, as for Mercury; as well qualified for war, as for business.

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(291 votes)   Singularity shows something wrong in the mind.

Clarissa

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(278 votes)   We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.

Alexander Hamilton
1757-1804, American Statesman

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(255 votes)   One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Ernest Bramah
American Writer

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(251 votes)   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
1797-1856, German Poet, Journalist

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(250 votes)   I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

Scotty Bowman
American Hockey Coach

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