Quotes about Resourcefulness

She was an expert in dealing with situations without precedent.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

I may not be as strong as I think,' the old man said, 'But I know many tricks and I have resolution.

That's two dollars and a half. Who can we borrow that from?" "That's easy. I can always borrow two dollars and a half.

I wish I had a stone for the knife," the old man said after he had checked the lashing on the oar butt. "I should have brought a stone." You should have brought many things, he thought. But you did not bring them, old man. Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

To invent something, all you need is imagination and a big pile of junk.

An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life.

I was not pleased to be sent from my mother, but I occupied myself, a skill learned by children who must sometimes act older than their age.

A little love, a little buckshot, that's how I'd say handle yourself.

And there was no entertainment for them at night. They were too poor to own a television set. But they seemed content. Truman with his sculpting and building the recreation center. Lynne writing poems occasionally, reading them to her friends, then tearing them up.