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Quotes About Resourcefulness

Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it.
~ Stephen King
Living by your wits is always knowing where the wasps are.
~ Stephen King
If life hands you lemons, make lemonade! Words to live by, especially when you kept in mind that the only way to make them into lemonade was to squeeze the hell out of them.
~ Stephen King
In here I'm the guy who can get things for you... outside all you need is the Yellow Pages. I don't think I could make it.
~ Stephen King
two bitches livin on a little chunk of rock...
~ Stephen King
If you can't afford a movie, go to the zoo. If you can't afford the zoo, go see a politician.
~ Stephen King
One should try to live with his abilities rather than his deprivals.
~ M.H. Rakib, The Cavalier
Beavers give a dam
~ Victor J. Garcia
If you can't do what you really want to do, then do the next best thing!
~ Stacey Culpepper
When life gives you lemons, sell them and buy a pineapple. How to better your life 101.
~ Davin Turney
Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Hacking is really just the act of finding a clever and counterintuitive solution to a problem.
~ Jon Erickson
The essence of hacking is finding unintended or overlooked uses for the laws and properties of a given situation and then applying them in new and inventive ways to solve a problem — whatever it may be.
~ Jon Erickson
By the way, once you get over your dependence, you may actually find, as this client did, that it feels good to be self-sufficient; your resourcefulness will then build your self-esteem and give you confidence.)
~ Jonathan Berent
making the best of a bad situation is the heart of creativity.
~ Jonathan Kellerman
When you quilting up a life, you sometimes got to start with any piece you can get your hands on.
~ Jonathan Odell
Are you ready to fight?" "We'll have to be ready, won't we? You make do with what you have.
~ Jonathan Rogers
And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
~ Jonathan Swift
We are a fine party of heroes. Half drowned, half frozen, half dead with tiredness and sick to our stomachs through drinking half the ocean. Not to mention that all our supplies are feeding the fish.
~ Emily Rodda
This morning, I went to wipe my hands on a tea towel, and while I was using it, it seemed like it felt a bit light. I unfolded it and realized my daughter had cut little bits out of it to make frocks for her dolls!
~ Emma Thompson
Quieres alimentar a alguien un día? Dale un pescado. ¿Quieres alimentarle toda la vida? Enséñale a pescar»,
~ Emmanuel Carrère
I'm good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.
~ Enid Blyton
WHAT MAKES A MAN,A MAN IS THE ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AROUND HIM
~ Enzo Ferrari
It's that awkward moment when you realize that the only nearby food is you. I
~ Eric A. Shelman