Virtue of the Reed: resilient yet flexible

“And yet surely to alchemy this right is due, that it may be compared to the husbandman whereof Aesop makes the fable, that when…

— Francis Bacon

“I would by all means have men beware, lest Aesop 's pretty fable of the fly that sate on the pole of a chariot…

— Francis Bacon

“…this story offers far more than a simple moral of how the meek can trump the mighty.”

— Jerry Pinkney

Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them…

— Seth Godin

Flexibility is an essential ingredient to building a more robust, tough and resilient you. You got to be able to adjust, adapt, change and…

— Ricardo Housham

If you are lucky enough to never experience any sort of adversity, we won't know how resilient you are. It's only when you're faced…

— Maria Konnikova

I think we've bounced back and really been resilient. Even after a bad period, we take over and we seem like we're on a…

— Mike Fisher

“Becoming resilient starts with the realization that the adversity you experience—any pain, discrimination, or challenge—can be converted into powerful fuel that can actually bring…

— Christian Moore

“Life isn’t about obtaining some form of perfection, but it’s about enjoying each leg of the journey.”

— Asa Don Brown

I've had five surgeries that could have ended most people's careers. But because of the fact that I'm resilient and have a lot of…

— Mark Henry

It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.

— Miranda Richardson

Waco is such a resilient town... this city has seen its fair share of hardships, but it always bounces back better and stronger.

— Joanna Gaines

We must be talented, powerful and resilient creatures indeed given how much we manage to produce despite the constant undercutting, ridicule and needless censorship…

— Seth

Kids are pretty resilient. You don't have to be at every volleyball game. We can't guilt ourselves.

— Ursula Burns

I think that human beings were incredibly resilient; otherwise, we wouldn't keep going.

— Lynn Nottage