31 Quotes About Problem Solving

Finding the solution to a problem takes creativity and ambition. These quotes about problem solving will inspire you to look for the right opportunity.

“A critic looking at these tightly focused, targeted interventions might dismiss them as Band-Aid solutions. But that phrase should not be considered a term of disparagement.”

“A problem well put is half solved.”

“A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.”

“All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn’t so sure.”

“All my problems bow before my stubbornness.”

“Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.”

“Being flexible means to explore the alternative ways to solve problems. Never think there is a short list of solutions you can pick from.”

“Do not focus on money, instead focus on a problem that needs to be solved for the world… money will follow you as a bi-product.”

“Don’t complain if the issue is complicated if it weren’t complicated it would not be an issue.”

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”

“If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.”

“If you choose to not deal with an issue, then you give up your right of control over the issue and it will select the path of least resistance.”

“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don’t just stick there scowling at the problem.”

“It’s so much easier to suggest solutions when you don’t know too much about the problem.”

“Leadership is self-made. People who have deliberately decided to become problems solver lead better.”

“My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I’m luckier than other mortals, and they sure don’t come from visualizing victory.”

“Patience is an action and a skill to be cultivated. It actually solves more problems than most other actions.”

“Problems are meant to be solved, but unfortunately, a lot of people choose to complain, worry, and cry about them.”

“Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.”

“Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid.”

“Some people do polarizing the religion against science. I use both to solve a problem with two different kind of approach.”

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

“The improvisational ability to lead adaptively relies on responding to the present situation rather than importing the past into the present and laying it on the current situation like an imperfect template.”

“The monk solved his immediate problem by giving a little whimper and fainting.”

“The opposite of a problem would likely be the correct solution.”

“There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.”

“Vocabulary words are the building blocks of the internal learning structure. Vocabulary is also the tool to better define a problem, seek more accurate solutions, etc.”

“We always hope for the easy fix: the one simple change that will erase a problem in a stroke. But few things in life work this way.”

“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.”

“Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome.”

“Wrong way to think about it. Don’t try to figure it out all at once.”

Having a different perspective will allow you to see things in a whole new light and respond differently to a situation.