Survival by strength only works until it doesn’t; one day, something is stronger. Survival by adaptation lasts as long as you can adapt. Things that can bend won’t break as often as things too strong to bend.
You can’t avoid disaster. It will always find the one edge or corner you didn’t anticipate and creep in – or it will simply blast through your strongest wall and laugh. But you can survive through cleverness and adaptability; you can be resilient through finesse if not strength.
The Opportunity Machine 