Quotes About Resourcefulness

the description of myself that I like best is that of problem-solver, or doer.

Soon we will all eat stones.

The rain comes down, baby, and we've all got sixteen buckets and seventeen holes in the roof.

We often speak of a man who's done this successfully as a "self-made man." The appellation is usually spoken with a sense of admiration, but really it should be said in the same tones we might use of the dearly departed, or of a man who recently lost an arm—with sadness and regret. What the term really means is "an orphaned man who figured how to master some part of life on his own.

In other parts of the world, they have double-bed sheets," wrote Wilbur Larch in A Brief History of St. Cloud's. "Here in St. Cloud's we do without—we just do without.

To contribute to the war effort, citizens across the country endured the "meatless days" during the week, the one "wheatless meal" every day.

Teach a person to think and they'll devise a way to eat for a lifetime

Intelligence appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along without education. Education appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along without the use of his intelligence.

We must use a good deal of economy in our wood, never cutting down new, where we can make the old do.

I have a lot of experience with making fake helmets out of foil.

My experience is that inventors come in all sizes, all nationalities, all ages. The only thing I'm sure of is that inventors are always stubborn.

Gold is where you find it, according to an old adage, but judging from the record of our experience, oil must be sought first of all in our minds.

It's not the lack of resources that cause failure, it's the lack of resourcefulness that causes failure.

Resourcefulnes s is the cure to failure. Successful people are resourceful and find a way to make it work.

Sometimes in life we don't necessarily have to have the best of everything. But we can make the most of everything that comes along our way.

Life's not just about doing the best you can, it's about doing what you can and making the best out of what you did.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Your success is not determined by what you have, but by what you do with what you have.

When one door closes, don't always wish for another to open. Sometimes you want to get nails and a hammer to make sure it stays shut.

Tutti questi dèi, tutti questi mortali che lo hanno aiutato. Gli uomini parlano della sua astuzia. Il suo vero talento stava nella sua abilità a prendere dagli altri." (#Odisseo)

They had no years of lean harvest, when they must scrape the bottom of their stores, and no good years either, that they might learn to save.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Even the rats carry bike chains as essential defence accessories.

L'unica terra gratis che hanno i poveri è quella delle unghie.