Top 100 Quotes About Solving Problems
#1. A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving.
Ray Kurzweil
#2. So when it comes to solving problems, channeling your inner child can really pay off. It all starts with thinking small.
Steven D. Levitt
#3. Life isn't about living without problems. Life is about solving problems.
Tom Krause
#4. Money is merely a reward for solving problems.
Mike Murdock
#5. I like solving problems, and science provides a logical way of solving real-life problems.
David J. Anderson
#6. If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we're going to do important work
Seth Godin
#7. Intellectual capacity is related to the ability of solving problems in the
right manner.
Eraldo Banovac
#8. Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. Doing things differently and solving problems with new, innovative and fresh approaches are the very reason many start-ups are able to compete and sometimes outpace the established market leaders.
Richard Branson
#9. Man is brilliant at solving problems; but solving them only makes him the victim of his own childishness and laziness. It is this recognition that has made almost every major philosopher in history a pessimist.
Colin Wilson
#10. You can't lose in sales if you remember that you're not selling; you're solving problems.
Orrin Woodward
#11. I became an actor because I love solving problems. I'm a big crossword puzzle person. I love doing research. One of the reasons I became Jewish is because I love text study.
Anthony Heald
#12. As a producer, you've got to be involved in helping out with solving problems.
Russell Brand
#13. Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them.
Paul Lockhart
#14. If you did not face problems you would just drift through life. It is through solving problems in accordance with the highest light we have that inner growth is attained.
Peace Pilgrim
#15. Solving problems - actually solving them, not just claiming you do - solving perceived, urgent problems, is a surefire way to get the world to beat a path to your door.
Seth Godin
#16. In mathematics, the art of asking questions is more valuable than solving problems.
Georg Cantor
#18. It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.
Mitch McConnell
#20. The individuals in the high-IQ group might have scored better individually on intelligence tests, but when it came to solving problems as a group, diversity matters more than individual brainpower.
Steven Johnson
#21. In ethics, we don't make progress by discovering pre-existent truths; we do so by solving problems.
Philip Kitcher
#23. The bottom line with men is: they feel best about themselves when they are solving problems. Therefore, they spend most of their time doing what they are best at while they attempt to ignore the things which cause them to feel deficient.
Bill Farrel
#24. Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents-to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking blissfully and mysteriously contented, or the television parents, wisely and humorously solving problems, influence parents-to-be.
Ellen Galinsky
#25. One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.
Lois McMaster Bujold
#26. Money should not, and must not, change our commitment to solving problems and building this state.
Dave Freudenthal
#27. Science, in the very act of solving problems, creates more of them.
Abraham Flexner
#29. People want someone focused on getting the job done, not political talking points but rather solving problems.
Gary Peters
#30. Market research can't tell you about solving problems that customers can't conceive are solvable. Giving the customer what he wants is less important than giving him what he doesn't yet know he wants.
Eric Schmidt
#31. Solving problems should be a joy, a welcome challenge to our creativity.
Deepak Chopra
#32. Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
Edmund Phelps
#34. Innovation is hard because solving problems people didn't know they had & building something no one needs look identical at first.
Aaron Levie
#35. When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.
Stephen Covey
#36. The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.
Aaron T. Beck
#37. Deep in the human nature, there is an almost irresistible tendency to concentrate physical and mental energy on attempts at solving problems that seem to be unsolvable. Indeed, for some kinds of active people, only the seemingly unsolvable problems can arouse their interest.
Ragnar Frisch
#38. Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.
Naveen Jain
#39. Most people who serve in Washington have been trained either as lawyers or as political operatives
professions that tend to place a premium on winning arguments rather than solving problems.
Barack Obama
#40. Alternative models are neither right nor wrong, just more or less useful in allowing us to operate in the world and discover more and better options for solving problems.
Andrew Weil
#41. Billionaires should never be responsible for solving problems, because they're not the government.
Bill Gates
#42. We are all drawn to problems and solving problems. Joy doesn't demand our time. So we have to mark that time on our schedules. That's the only way you are going to get it. Five minutes, three times a day in your schedule. That's doable.
Bonnie St. John
#43. I love the idea that the editing room is the final time you write. You should still be creatively solving problems even at that point. It's not really until you're locked that you can call it quits.
Noah Hawley
#44. If we have optimism without empathy then it doesn't matter how much we master the secrets of science. We're not really solving problems, we're just working on puzzles.
Bill Gates
#45. What is "true" thinking? Thinking is not solving problems. The first step in thinking is to ask these sorts of questions: "Is this really a problem?" "Is this the right way to formulate the problem?" "How did we arrive at this?" This is the ability we need in thinking.
Slavoj Zizek
#46. One of the reasons most people are not good at solving problems and manifesting or attracting into their life what they want is because their thoughts are always on what's wrong and on what's missing and on the problem.
Wayne Dyer
#47. FreshWorld is in line with my vision of supporting sustainable technologies in solving problems. I feel this is the next-level disruption in the fruits and vegetables industry.
Kris Gopalakrishnan
#48. I fell in love with Alan Ayckbourn the day I met him and, starting with 'The Norman Conquests,' went on to do eight plays with him. He tells you just what you want to know and has a brilliant way of solving problems.
Michael Gambon
#49. Focus on creating value by finding and solving problems for others.
Mensah Oteh
#50. Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.
Tom Lehrer
#51. And I think if the president's made a mistake here, it's this laid-back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else to solve the problem. Some people say it's a political strategy. No matter what it is, it's not effective in solving problems.
Chris Christie
#52. It never occurred to them that God may have provided the world with a vast array of very brainy medical types for the very reason of solving problems such as theirs. However, there is one thing that the medical profession cannot do and that is save people from being idiots.
Craig Ferguson
#53. What is the ratio of the time I spend solving problems to the time I spend scaling successes?
Chip Heath
#54. It is a misuse of our power to take responsibility for solving problems that belong to others.
Peter Block
#55. Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and practice.
George Polya
#56. Utopian speculations ... must come back into fashion. They are a way of affirming faith in the possibility of solving problems that seem at the moment insoluble. Today even the survival of humanity is a utopian hope.
Norman O. Brown
#57. Progress is obtained only by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. When you solve problems, all you do is guarantee a return to normalcy.
Peter Drucker
#58. Certainly, young children can begin to practice making letters and numbers and solving problems, but this should be done without workbooks. Young children need to learn initiative, autonomy, industry, and competence before they learn that answers can be right or wrong.
David Elkind
#59. Solving Problems with NMR Spectroscopy is a very welcome addition to the existing literature. It fulfills a real need for an up-to-date and authoritatively written introduction for students and practitioners of NMR.
Richard Ernst
#60. What paralyzes life is lack of faith and lack of audacity. The difficulty lies not in solving problems but identifying them.
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
#61. We are at a critical point where rapid change is forcing us to look not just to new ways of solving problems but to new problems to solve.
Tim Brown
#62. I actually hate programming, but I love solving problems
Rasmus Lerdorf
#63. Happiness is a constant work-in-progress, because solving problems is a constant work-in-progress - the solutions to today's problems will lay the foundation for tomorrow's problems, and so on. True happiness occurs only when you find the problems you enjoy having and enjoy solving. Sometimes
Mark Manson
#64. Solving problems is better than forgetting them otherwise you will be reminded of them at a bad time.
Auliq Ice
#65. Things grew and lived in constant adversity, ingenious in solving problems of existence.
Mary Astor
#66. We continue to focus on actually solving problems that real people have and not being distracted by what power users want.
Arash Ferdowsi
#67. Through solving problems we improve and develop ourselves, reach maturity and strengthen our will
Sunday Adelaja
#68. If you had a free society you couldn't get people to go to war, if you had an intelligent type of upbringing in ones children. They would say; There must be many other ways of solving problems other then killing people.
Jacque Fresco
#69. He was juggling issues and solving problems, which was why his brain had no space left for memories.
Candace Bushnell
#70. I now know that I learn by solving problems as they arise. Rarely do we learn significant lessons, or significantly improve, any other way.
Bob Parsons
#72. To be an enduring, great company, you have to build a mechanism for preventing or solving problems that will long outlast any one individual leader.
Howard Schultz
#73. Like their Martian ancestors, men pride themselves on being experts, especially when it comes to fixing mechanical things, getting places, or solving problems. These are the times when he needs her loving acceptance the most and not her advice or criticism.
John Gray
#74. Give your subconscious a chance to work by turning your brain off from time to time. Don't focus on work or solving problems constantly.
Harvey MacKay
#75. I'm an entrepreneur. I always have been. I am curious, and I enjoy solving problems.
John McAfee
#76. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions by many people in many countries. It is an attitude, a way of life, a way of solving problems and resolving conflicts.
Oscar Arias
#77. Without ducking responsibility, what's wrong with medicine today is that it is predicated on providing treatment, not on reducing suffering. Not on solving problems.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
#78. Frozen in fear, you avoid responsibility because you think your experience is beyond your control. This stance keeps you from making decisions, solving problems, or going after what you want in life.
David Emerald Womeldorff
#79. My effectiveness is best placed in solving problems through federal solutions.
George Nethercutt
#80. But solving problems of disease is not the same thing as creating health and happiness. ( ... ) Health and happiness are the expression of the manner in which the individual responds and adapts to the challenges that he meets in everyday life.
Rene Dubos
#81. When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
#82. Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that's why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.
Marco Rubio
#83. To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.
Richard Branson
#84. I liked maths because it meant solving problems, and these problems were difficult and interesting but there was always a straightforward answer at the end
Mark Haddon
#85. A business person is all about solving problems.
Ehab Atalla
#86. People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.
Yoko Ono
#87. Jedi are conversationalists and negotiators, bringing people together and solving problems. Jedi listen and feel to what others are saying.
Stephen Richards
#88. Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.
Conrad Hall
#89. I think too many of the politicians in Washington have forgotten simple ideals like solving problems and helping neighbors. The Washington game is more about scoring points or sticking it to the other guy.
Charlie Melancon
#90. Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
Peter F. Drucker
#91. When I was in school, my favorite subject was math. I took algebra and calculus. At an early age I grasped it and understood it quickly. I just enjoyed breaking the codes and solving problems.
Chris Bosh
#92. Art is solving problems that cannot be formulated before they have been solved. The shaping of the question is part of the answer.
Piet Hein
#93. There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than the people on the spot, who have the strongest incentive to get the solution right.
Elinor Ostrom
#94. At the end of the day, businesses should exist to provide profits for their team to share as a result of solving problems for their customers.
Clay Clark
#95. I admire John Boehner greatly. He's a great public servant. I think people are going to miss him in the long run because he's a person that is focused on solving problems.
Jeb Bush
#97. For me it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity.
Elon Musk
#98. If I decide to run for office again, it will be based on what I believe, and it will be based on my record. And that record was one of solving problems completely from a conservative prospective.
Jeb Bush
#99. Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby.
Gloria Steinem
#100. Happily, solving problems by intensifying production and increasing complexity does not always yield catastrophic results.
Joseph A. Tainter
