Resourceful

Resourceful

/rəˈsôrsf(ə)l/

adjective

1. having the ability to achieve a purpose or fulfill a function with one’s own ingenuity; enterprising

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely.

-Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)

2. having the skill and consciousness to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.

Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places.

-Parker J Palmer (1853-1890)