If the Mountain Won't Come to Muhammad, Then Muhammad Must Go to the Mountain
Full traditional proverb asserting that when external conditions will not yield, one must adapt and take direct action
In context
Remote villagers could not afford to travel to the regional hospital, so doctors established mobile clinics, proving that if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Since the renowned professor declined to tour foreign universities, researchers traveled to his laboratory, observing that if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain.
pragmatic action,flexible adaptation,active accommodation
dogmatic stubbornness,passive obstinacy,total inaction
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