Quotes About Ingenuity

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what you want them to achieve, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Though I am young, I scorn to flitOn the wings of borrowed wit.

What a marvellous invention man is! He can blow on his hands to warm them up, and blow on his soup to cool it down.

The idea of using extraordinary force does not mean more of the same effort. Extraordinary action results from out-of-the-box thinking.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car found a different point of entry into the same business. Originally a leasing company, it began an entry into rental cars when an enterprising manager at one of its offices began picking up customers for the start of their lease. No one else did that, and that became Enterprise's point of entry.

Think sideways!

Want, the mistress of invention.

I happened on the idea of fitting an engine to a bicycle simply because I did not want to ride crowded trains and buses.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.

I mix them with my brains, sir.

A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly it wheezes and tips over.

Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.

It is the risk element which ensures security. Risk brings out the ingenuity and resourcefulness which ensure success.

It is the risk element which ensures security. Risk brings out the ingenuity and resourcefulness which insure success.

We will either find a way, or make one.

The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity, self-sufficiency, and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply their satisfaction usually find boredom instead.

It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you have.

There are but two ways of rising in the world: either by one's own industry or profiting by the foolishness of others.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Let it not be said that I have said nothing new. The arrangement of the material is new.