Quotes about Resourcefulness

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

The true emblem of causa sui is Baron Münchhausen, who, clamping his legs around his horse as it sinks in the water, pulls his pigtail up over his head and raises himself and the horse into the heights; under this emblem, put: causa sui.

Look, Gail. Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end; then, his wrists and knuckles tensed against the resistance, he bent the branch slowly into an arc. Now I can make what I want of it: a bow, a spear, a cane, a railing. That's the meaning of life. Your strength? Your work. He tossed the branch aside. The material the earth offers you and what you make of it . . .

If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn't be able to make even a single drop of honey.

Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow.

Getting caught is the mother of invention.

Remember, there's more than one way to skin a cat. It can be done so that the animal will never know he's lost his hide.

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.