Misty Copeland Quotes

I will not change. Because if you are successful and you change, you are an idiot.

A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.

Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's when he stops growing

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

I never stop making sure that what I say is the best of what could be said about a particular thing. It's a constant evolution. If I planted a tree one way yesterday, and somebody tells me of a better way to plant a tree, I think, 'You know, they're right, that's better.' Then I change my way to accommodate the new way of planting trees.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I've changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.

For me to be pompous is the most horrible thing in the world. It's like putting a wall around you. It screws you up. You'd better be willing to change your views or adapt and be modern.

Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.

It is not easy for me to accept criticism and reassess my way of doing things.

Only stupid people don't change their minds.

I can change my mind and can learn other things. And anything I don't know, I'm capable of learning if I so desire or if it's necessary.

We women, we're always being invited to change our hairstyle, change our clothes, change our wardrobes. It's also important for us to remember as we age to keep changing the way we think of the world. I'm not saying to be flaky at all; but rather than being rigid about something, stay open and available.

I used to think, 'Everything's okay, or will be. I'll go on with this stance.' But after the World Cup, I was open to everything: if someone suggested a change in my technique I felt could work for me, I was willing to give it a try.

In order to be successful, I had to be willing to grow and change to become whoever I needed to be.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

Don’t follow someone else’s map. You should glean teachings from all directions, keeping true to those that bring progress yet remaining open to changes in yourself.

The world is constantly changing. You're constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark, and get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.

A man's work is in danger of deteriorating when he thinks he has found the one best formula for doing it. If he thinks that, he is likely to feel that all he needs is merely to go on repeating himself . . . so long as a person is searching for better ways of doing his work, he is fairly safe.

Habit is necessary. It is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive ... one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in the big things, and happy in small ways.

I think you ought to be open-minded as to where life takes you.

The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies.

Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

You can go through the process. You can also change. You can do both. Uh, you can do one, the other, or both. And I think it depends on the individual.

Being right keeps you in place, being wrong forces you to explore.