Hazel Scott Quotes

When you don't know what to do, try something; if that doesn't work, try something else.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Some mistakes will be made along the way. That's good. Because some decisions are being made along the way. We'll find the mistakes. We'll fix them.

In a moving world readaptation is the price of longevity.

The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese.

Accepting trial and error means accepting error. It means taking problems in our stride when a decision doesn't work out, whether through luck or misjudgment. And that is not something human brains seem to be able to do without a struggle.

I understood that I might fail, but I wouldn't let it happen because I changed my compass along the way.

Shifting problems is the first rule for a long and pleasant life.

The ability to adapt is everything!

When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.

I never panic when I get lost. I just change where it is I want to go.

I just try to just roll with the punches. I mean, once the team pretty much starts closing out, just try to get in attack mode, and at the same time, try to find my teammates. It's kind of hard, hitting the shots I was hitting, to try and pass the ball, but you've got to figure out a way.

One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed.

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

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

I always try to adjust to the situation.

You learn by mistakes. When you make those mistakes, you try not to make them the third time or the second time. You learn from them. Sometimes you learn the hard way. In football, if I held on to the ball too long, I got my butt kicked. You better make that decision quicker.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

Much can often be learned by the repetition under different conditions, even if the desired result is not obtained.

You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.

Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you.

I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger.

I have ideas that I think might be amusing, and I try them, and if they look right, I carry them out, and if they don't, I throw them out and try something else. I don't agonize about it.

I've been doing a lot of learning from mistakes, first and foremost, and building off that.