Richard Nelson Bolles Quotes

Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.

I have had a pretty hardcore crash course on living out of a suitcase. Some people take consistency in their lives for granted. When you have little to none, you discover it's kind of a nice thing.

I always try to adjust to the situation.

Sureness is something like a neck brace, which we clamp around our lives, hoping to somehow protect ourselves from the frightening, constant whiplash of change. Sadly, the brace doesn't always hold.

You know, I feel as comfortable in an uncomfortable situation as I do when things are going smoothly.

I get over things really quickly, and I feel like in this business, you have to be like that.

For me, the most important thing is that I adapt quickly to different conditions and be consistent.

A capacity to change is indispensable. Equally indispensable is the capacity to hold fast to that which is good.

It is not balance you need but adaptability.

Flexibility is the key to stability.

I really don't know what to do when my life is not chaotic.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.

Don't fear change - embrace it.

I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.

I don't need a good skate to make everything OK.

No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?

I like change. I've never really had much consistency in my life, you know, from everyday work to my living situation to whether or not I'm going to be in L.A. The one constant thing in my life is my friends and family, which is all I need.

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, an employee, a student, a homemaker, a writer, it's time to start forgetting about all the ways the world has promised you safety and comfort.

To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

I've learned to let things roll off my back.

Companies, like people, don't much like to change.