Enid Blyton Quotes

People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often

No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

History rewards those who can change their minds when the stakes are high.

I know friends of mine who have never changed their mind about anything in their lives, despite evidence from all directions. And I think if you can keep an open mind and some understanding, that helps you stay young.

The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way.

"Objective" means that, in a confrontation with the evidence, you would be willing to change your own mind.

Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

When the facts change, you change your mind. I know that is a hard concept for people to get sometimes.

Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion

One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence.

Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be none the less free than you were before.

Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.

For the timid, change is frightening; for the comfortable, change is threatening; but for the confident, change is opportunity.

For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me.

Sometimes hard decisions have to be made, and sometimes wonderful decisions have to be made. You've got to be willing to make them all.

One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the only studio head I have ever known who will change his mind and say he was wrong.

It takes intellectual stamina to stay open, as a leader and a mind, to absorb information and adversity.

You've got to be flexible. If you want to win, you have to do whatever it takes.

It doesn't ever hurt to try different stuff.

The only difference between a flexible person and one who is not is that the flexible person has to go farther to get the same stretch.

Journalism isn't about how smart you are. It's not about where you're from. It's not about who you know or how clever your questions are. And thank God for that. It's about your ability to embrace change and uncertainty. It's about being fearless personally and professionally.

Unadaptability is often a virtue.

Whenever I try to map things out they inevitably change. Which doesn't mean I don't map them out — I just try to embrace the better ideas that come along as my fingers are flying around the keyboard mid-draft!

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

You have to be completely open to what people would tell you. You do not shape them; you do not force the materials into your ideas. You have to have all windows and doors open.