#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.”

“You cannot solve a problem with the mind that created it. First you must change the mind.”

“Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.”

“Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.”

“There is nothing as easy as denouncing. It don't take much to see that something is wrong, but it does take some eyesight to see what will put it right again”

“The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.”

“The question which we must ask ourselves is not whether we like or do not like what is going on, but what we are going to do about it.”

“The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.”

“You can't discover light, by analyzing the dark.”

“Don't "pole-vault over mouse truds" - by the time you've discussed the many options available to you, the problem itself could have been long behind you had you simply disposed of those rodent droppings with a simple tissue and dumped them into the garbage!”

“It would be an inconvenient rule if nothing could be done until everything can be done.”

“Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”

“Resourcefulnes s is the cure to failure. Successful people are resourceful and find a way to make it work.”

“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”

“Plans get you into things, but you got to work your way out.”

“I see that nature offers us a solution to everything that we call a problem. If you can just find your own nature and live it as naturally as you possibly can and be in a state of awe over everything, it doesn't matter where you are. It almost speaks to you and says, "There's no reason to be upset about anything. It will pass." If it's really going to pass, why stay confused by it and depressed by it. Just watch it go. It's on its way out. That's what I began to do.”

“Hope works in these ways: it looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst; it discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot; it regards problems, large or small, as opportunities; it pushes ahead when it would be easy to quit; it lights the candle instead of cursing the darkness.”

“Realize that if you can instantly create a problem, you can just as quickly and easily create a solution.”

“One’s objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out and get it over. Your problem won’t improve with age.”

“There is one thing about Englishmen, they won't fix anything till it's just about totally ruined. You couldn't get the English to fix anything at the start. No! They like to sit and watch it grow worse. Then, when it just looks like the whole thing has gone up Salt Creek, why, the English jump in and rescue it.”

“You'll never find light by analyzing the darkness.”

“Many people say, "Well, I'd love to make a decision like that, but I'm not sure how I could change my life." They're paralyzed by the fear that they don't know exactly how to turn their dreams into reality. And as a result, they never make the decisions that could make their lives into the masterpieces they deserve to be. I'm here to tell you that it's not important initially to know how you're going to create a result. What's important is to decide you will find a way, no matter what.”

“The best way to get a better answer is to start asking a better question.”

“If we can get to the truth, we can change anything.”

“In life, never spend more than 10 percent of your time on the problem, and spend at least 90 percent of your time on the solution.”

“When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.”