Quotes About Resourcefulness

Although no man is an island, you can make quite an effective raft out of six.

To the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

The man is best served who has no occasion to put the hands of others at the end of his own arms.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

Beware the man with one gun. He can probably use it.

Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action.

Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.

He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage.

There are some men who are fortune's favorites, and who, like cats, light forever on their legs.

Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?

use an item for its intended purpose. For example, do not just use a tablecloth for a table, make it a slip cover for your ottoman. It can save you lots of money and time when you purchase

Necessity might be the mother of invention, but restriction is the mother of efficiency.

Have you got a problem? Do what you can where you are with what you've got.

It is better to have it and need it, than to need it and not have it.

Haz lo que puedas, con lo que tengas, donde estés

Fate ciò che potete, con ciò che avete, dove siete.

This was my first real lesson in politics… If you are cast on a desert island with only a screwdriver, hatchet, and the chisel to make a boat with, why, go and make the best one you can. It would be better if you had a saw, but you haven't, so with men.

F? ce po?i cu ce ai, acolo unde e?ti.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

A system administrator sometimes needs to be a business-process consultant, corporate visionary, janitor, software engineer, electrical engineer, economist, psychiatrist, mindreader, and, occasionally, bartender. As

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.