Quotes about Resourcefulness

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Pragmatism allows a person to take things that others would consider problems or distractions and see them as opportunities.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

If you are left with only one piece of homespun,wear it with dignity

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.

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

Thrift is the really romantic thing; economy is more romantic than extravagance... thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste... if a man could undertake to make use of all the things in his dustbin, he would be a broader genius than Shakespeare.

A sharp stick is better than a blunt sword.

It is possible to draw a straight line with a crooked pencil.

When intelligence shuts a door, wisdom opens a window.

If you're an actor and you don't get cast in stuff a lot, then put together a show or hold play-reading nights at your apartment. Make your own opportunities.

Necessity remains the mother of invention.