16 quotes
“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo — far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.”
— Jodi Picoult
“The stiff and unbending is the disciple of death the soft and yielding is the disciple of life”
— Laozi
“One must not tie a ship to a single anchor, nor life to a single hope.”
— Epictetus
“The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists”
— Japanese Proverb
“Water is fluid soft and yielding but water will wear away rock which is rigid and cannot yield”
— Lao Tzu
“The wise man changes his mind; the fool never will.”
— Unknown
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher.”
“The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher.”
“Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken.”
“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.”
“Keep your identity small.”
— Paul Graham
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”
— Robert Jordan
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it.”
— Bruce Lee
“It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.”
— Publilius Syrus
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