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“In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law which governs survival in war as in life ... To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it; the best chance of overcoming such obstruction is to have a plan that can be easily varied to fit the circumstances met.”

War Problem Law Courses Force Chance Enemy Plans Military Fit Circumstances Mets Survival Overcoming Accounts Practicals Alternatives Opposing Adaptability Obstruction

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“Even though we require flexibility to negotiate our changing circumstances, we are rather built to anxiously turn away from alternatives.”

Turns Circumstances Built Alternatives Flexibility

Book:Affirmations for Artists

Source: Affirmations for Artists

“How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances No more than he can be satisfied with his hat, which he's chosen from among such shapes as the resources of the age offer him. . . .”

Men Age Decision Circumstances Offers Shapes Resources Satisfied Chosen Alternatives Hats

Author:George Eliot

“Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances that prevailed at the time, when there were few or no alternatives.”

Want Certain Born Circumstances Alternatives Eras

Author:Gunter Grass

“Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances.”

War Circumstances Extremes Surrender Alternatives Acceptable Strike Back Empire Strikes Back

Author:Leigh Brackett

“The charter school is a possibility, an alternative in certain circumstances, but not in most, and not in most places, and not - most parents don't have either the time, the inclination or the aptitude to sit and go through sifting what school and what is available and what the options are.”

School Certain Parent Possibility Circumstances Available Alternatives Inclination Charter Aptitude Sifting Charter Schools

Author:Mark Shields

“We're living in a different world now in terms of employee needs, and companies have to offer alternative methods for getting the work done. Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility.”

World Needs Different Done Difficult Term Company Creative Circumstances Offers Method Alternatives Employee Flexibility Different Worlds Work Done Difficult Circumstances

Author:Anne M. Mulcahy