Mary Pilon Quotes

Take a chance. Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know. And don’t fall in love with Plan A.

I'm not afraid of change, let's put it that way.

You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

A little uncertainty is good for everyone.

I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be . . .

I do like change. That's the one thing exciting about me.

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

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.

I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge.

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.

The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.

I am definitely quick to adapt. I am not scared to come into a new environment.

Change never bothers me, not really.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

I'm very aware, but I'm very naïve. When you are really naïve and expecting safety and expecting the best, you don't feel you're taking risks. You can get smacked a little, but usually it works out pretty well. I would say that, as much as you can instill your open-minded naivety, if you're basically open minded, then you can do damn near anything.

There are just lots of possibilities in the world...I need to keep my mind open for what could happen and not decide that the world is hopeless if what I want to happen doesn't happen. Because something else great might happen in between.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If you want to live on the edge of life, you need to be flexible.

Things are always changing. Part of being successful here is being comfortable with not knowing what's going to happen.

I'm not the type of person that just needs to feel concrete and like nothing's going to change. I revel in the change.

Don't be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.

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