Adaptation Quotes

“There is only one way to survive and thrive when faced with circumstances out of our control and for which we are unprepared: ADAPT.”
― Charles F Glassman

“Resiliency comes from a discovered self, not a constructed self. It comes from the gradual emergence of your unique, inborn abilities in a process called individuation. The better you become, the more unique you become as an individual – and it never ends. If your identity is based mostly on external factors, you will feel anxious about change that threatens your identity sources. You will try to keep the world around you frozen in place. If your identity is based on your personal qualities, abilities, and values, you can let parts of your world dissolve away without feeling threats to your existence. With a strong inner sense of who you are, you can easily adapt to and thrive in new environments.”
― Al Siebert, The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure, and Bounce Back from Setbacks

“I am every color of the spectrum.”
― Steven Magee

“By these days it was a demerit to be muscular. Each infant was examined at birth, and all who promised undue strength were destroyed. Humanitarians may protest, but it would have been no true kindness to let an athlete live; he would never have been happy in that state of life to which the Machine had called him; he would have yearned for trees to climb, rivers to bathe in, meadows and hills against which he might measure his body. Man must be adapted to his surroundings, must he not?”
― E.M. Forster, The Machine Stops

“Being able to shift in light of new information and in light of new opportunities is a skill. Practicing will make you a more confident leader of change, now and in the future.”
― Stewart D. Friedman, Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life

“We assimilate a little this way, and a little that way. Life is only mutation.”
― Gretel Ehrlich, The Solace of Open Spaces

“Change form, execute function.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Didn't everything on God's earth have or acquire defense? Speed, some poison in the leaf, the tongue, the tail? A mask, flight, numbers in the millions producing numbers in the millions. A thorn here, a spike there.”
― Toni Morrison, Jazz

“Some habits just translate well to other undertakings. Some things are just in one’s nature.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“The best way to come out of our comfort zone is, not to create one.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“AMBITION. DESIRE. BETRAYAL. MURDER?”
― L.R. Dorn

“Welcome breeze"
Exclaim fresh leaves
And Dry, cry
"No please, no please”
― Ramesh Sood, A Little More Than Ordinary: A bouquet of verse in thougths for Thoughtful Hearts

“I have environmental adaptation diseases.”
― Steven Magee

“It is very undesirable to trigger adaptation processes in the human body.”
― Steven Magee

“Sometimes I'm the winter tree and most of these times, a gathering of autumn leaves.”
― Goitsemang Mvula

“Bright Light Adaptation Disease may occur with aging, as radiation exposures are cumulative.”
― Steven Magee

“Bright Light Adaptation Disease (BLAD) is a form of Outdoor Adaptation Disease (OAD).”
― Steven Magee

“Equatorial Adaptation Disease (EAD): People that have biologically adapted to the tropics and become sick outside of the tropics.”
― Steven Magee

“Continuous daytime full spectrum 10,000 lux light therapy for Bright Light Adaptation Disease (BLAD) made me feel sickly and caused headaches during the first week of treatment.”
― Steven Magee

“The treatment I used for Bright Light Adaptation Disease was a daily high dose of vitamins B6, B9, and B12 in conjunction with bright light therapy.”
― Steven Magee

“The low light indoor environment becomes biologically toxic to people with Bright Light Adaptation Disease (BLAD).”
― Steven Magee

“Be flexible enough to change in the face of novelty and strong enough to face adversity”
― Sivashanmugam

“It’s not like it was before.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Sometimes plans don’t come together. It’s okay. The important thing is to remain optimistic. And adaptable. To pay attention to what’s here, now, while always keeping a bright and happy future in the back of your mind and at the finish line somewhere in front of your eyes. Another opportunity will show itself.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Don't be afraid of change. Prepare for it. Take advantage of it. Changes are an opportunity to improve. The shift of energy can be used to create new energy and a new direction.”
― Wayne Weiseman, Integrated Forest Gardening: The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems

“Many times creatively responding to change immediately puts us on the edge of culture and friendships. People who ride the edge are marginalized until others accept the new reality and the new adaptation. Those with diverse points of view who are willing to make changes in their living systems and risk loss of status are crucial pioneers. How else can solution be adapted unless early adopters take the opportunity?”
― Wayne Weiseman, Integrated Forest Gardening: The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems

“الجسد أقدر من المعنويات على التأقلم. الجسد هو أوّل مَن يعتاد المواعيد الجديدة، ووضعياته الجديدة، وإيقاع احتياجاته الجديد، وتعبه، ومواعيد راحته الجديدة، وجديد ما يفعل وجديد ما لا يفعل”
― Mario Benedetti, Primavera con una esquina rota

“Rather than fight change, a more sensible approach is to learn to live with it. Or to make a living from it.”
― Gerald M. Weinberg, The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully

“The best way to come out of our comfort zone is not to create one.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“The change will happen in all circumstances, either with us or without us.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz