Problem Solving Quotes

• If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

  Abraham Maslow

  Education, Wisdom, Humorous

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• All life is problem solving

  Karl Popper

  Inspiring, Inspire, Problem

  Karl Popper (2013). “All Life is Problem Solving”, p.99, Routledge

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• Every problem contains within itself the seeds of its own solution.

  Edward Somers

  Problem, Coping, Difficulty

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• One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Business, Failure, Action

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• If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution.

  Albert Einstein

  World, Fifty, Defining

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• Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.

  Barbara Johnson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving.

  Michael J. Gelb

  Life, Happiness, Exercise

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• Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.

  Peter Drucker

  Appreciation, Business, Opportunity

  Peter Drucker (2013). “People and Performance”, p.102, Routledge

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• Life isn't about living without problems. Life is about solving problems.

  Tom Krause

  Problem, Life Is

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• The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.

  Peter Drucker

  Business, Mistake, Wrong Answers

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• It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.19, St. Martin's Press

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• If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

  Isaac Asimov

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Science

  Isaac Asimov (1984). “Asimov's New guide to science”, Basic Books (AZ)

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• Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Time, Business

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• Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.

  Rick Warren

  Success, Opportunity, Effectiveness

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  Don't dwell on what went wrong.
  Instead, focus on what to do next.
  Spend your energies on moving forward
  toward finding the answer.

  Denis Waitley

  Success, Moving On, Letting Go

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• Solving problems should be a joy, a welcome challenge to our creativity.

  Deepak Chopra

  Creativity, Joy, Challenges

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• Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

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• It's a whole lot more productive to be in problem-solving mode than it is to be in behavior modification mode.

  Ross W. Greene

  Problem, Behavior, Modification

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.

  Albert Einstein

  Math, Thinking, Imagination Creativity

  Albert Einstein, Leopold Infeld (1966). “Evolution of Physics”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Business, Mistake

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2013). “You Can If You Think You Can”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• It is well known that "problem avoidance" is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the system so that the problem does not occur in the first place.

  Edward de Bono

  Important, Doe, Firsts

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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• No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

  Voltaire

  Inspirational, Education, Clever

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• The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.

  Dorothea Brande

  Differences, People, Problem

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, p.150, Lulu.com

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