Quotes about Resourcefulness

If life hands you a lemon, don't complain, but instead make lemonade to sell those who are thirsty from complaining.

I always prided myself on the fact that I could live out of milk crates forever. It was kind of my way of detaching from materialism.

My grandfather was an exception among Chileans because no man from the middle class up knows how to decipher a manual, nor does he dirty his hands with motor oil—that's what maestros are for; they can improvise ingenious solutions with the most modest resources and a minimum of fuss.

A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed. We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.

There's more than one way to skin a cat, my father used to say; it bothered me, I didn't see why they would want to skin a cat even one way.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.

Do what you can, with what you have, right where you are.