Problem Solving Quotes

“Cease to lament for that thou canst not help; and study help for that which thou lamentest.”

“All difficulties are easy when they are known.”

“Diseases desperate grown By desperate appliances are relieved, Or not at all.”

“I confess myself utterly at a loss in suggesting particular reforms in our ways of teaching. No discretion that can be lodged with a school-committee, with the overseers or visitors of an academy, of a college, can at all avail to reach these difficulties and perplexities, but they solve themselves when we leave institutions and address individuals.”

“Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.”

“A man complained that on his way home to dinner he had every day to pass through that long field of his neighbor's. I advised him to buy it, and it would never seem long again.”

“Things do not get better by being left alone.”

“Any idiot can see something wrong. But can you see what is right?”

“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.”

“When we can identify a problem and face the problem with confidence and enthusiasm, the solution is on the way.”

“The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.”

“It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.”

“In my experience of large enterprises, I have found it is often a mistake to try to settle everything at once.”

“The cost of solving the Comet mystery must be reckoned neither in money nor in manpower.”

“You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.”

“When we run out of money, we have to start thinking.”

“Never let a good crisis go to waste”

“When you plan and prepare carefully, you can legitimately expect to have success in your efforts. An optimistic, positive mind is far more likely to come up with creative solutions than a mind that dwells on setbacks and difficulties. Bottom line: expect success and you can achieve it!”

“The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.”

“When you make a mistake, be excited! Analyze what happened, and learn from it.”

“Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder.”

“Rather than shrinking away from your problems, grow bigger than them.”

“The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.”

“Abraham Maslow taught me, that when you're working with a patient, never let them spend more than a few moments on the problem, because what you think about is what expands, and if they're talking about the problem all the time, when they leave your session, the problem will expand. Get 'em to put their attention on what they intend to create, or on solutions.”

“When a dog is chasing after you, whistle for him.”