Problem Solving Quotes

“When I was in high school, my math teacher Mr. Packwood used to say, "If you're stuck on a problem, don't sit there and think about it; just start working on it. Even if you don't know what you're doing, the simple act of working on it will eventually cause the right ideas to show up in your head".”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“At times, the solution to a maze is to reduce it to embers ans walk straight through the ashes."
― Mary Doria Russell, Children of God”
― Mary Doria Russell

“It is not enough to just do your best or work hard; You must know what to work on.”
― W. Edwards Deming

“Most people who were educated have become the "problems" instead of problem solvers.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

“The principle that first you try to solve your problems on your own and only turn to others as a last resort applies to friends. We have an obligation to show our friends that we are turning to them for a favor not because it happens to be convenient for us to do so but because of a compelling reason.”
― P.M. Forni, Choosing Civility

“Nothing is easier than yesterday's solutions.”
― Roger Sperry

“Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.”
― Don Roff

“Keep in mind that a real team should be spending considerable time together in meetings and working sessions. In fact, it is not uncommon that as much as 20 percent of each team member’s time is spent working through issues and solving problems with the team as a whole. p. 105”
― Patrick Lencioni, Overcoming The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

“We are besieged by simple problems.... Checklists can provide protection”
― Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

“Creativity consists of coming up with many ideas, not just that one great idea.”
― Charles Thompson

“You can want, wish, and dream all day,
but those that prepare, work, learn, practice, and problem-solve
are the ones that find success in sports, business, music, or whatever.
Back up what you want with doing the work it takes to get it.”
― Loren Weisman, The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business: The “Who, What, When, Where, Why & How” of the Steps that Musicians & Bands Have to Take to Succeed in Music

“Plan B” is nonsense. Successful people come up with plans A, B, C, D . . . all the way to Z. That’s how life works. If you’re
not constantly looking for and testing solutions, that’s probably why you’re on the hamster wheel that you’re on right now.”
― Amber Hurdle, The Bombshell Business Woman: How to Become a Bold, Brave Female Entrepreneur

“Data Scientists should refuse to be defined by someone else's vision of what's possible.”
― Damian Mingle

“You can resolve any situation with wisdom”
― Sunday Adelaja

“There are diverse styles of learning, problem solving, and a range of methodologies that a person can draw from in order to structure their thoughts or intentionally revise ingrained personal habits including both systematic and unsystematic approaches. Problems solving styles are reflective of personal differences in the manner that people prefer to position themselves in respect to the phenomena in the world and efficiently react to alterations in the external environment. Problem solving strategies encompass numerous variances in what manner a person approaches new concepts, how they manage their daily affairs, and respond effectively to new opportunities and complex challenges.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Each person must implement their preferred problem solving method to address existential questions pertaining to life and death, living and loving, working and playing, resting and restructuring.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“If you cannot solve your problem, change your position and look at your problem from a different angle with a different mind! Every problem has a hole where you can enter inside and destroy it!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A self-leader looks around for problems, and then thinks deep to device solutions to them.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

“Don’t only think of which job to get and live on. Think about which problem to solve and the jobs will keep suggesting themselves.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

“You can be the solution to the problems of the people”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Kids, no matter how big your problems are – ask your parents for help and advice.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“Problems and solutions nest within a complex array of related systems and problems.”
― Bob Wiele

“Whatever problem you have can be solved through solitude.”
― Sunday Adelaja, How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?

“Businesses need to be more alert. Sometimes the problem is not the customer service, it is the product.”
― Janna Cachola

“There is always a solution to every problem! Fishy”
― Lily Amis, Birdy Fishy, Destination: Freedom

“Locks are never manufactured without a key and God never gives problems, without a solution. Birdy”
― Lily Amis, Birdy & Fishy, Destination: Freedom

“If I don't keep complaining about my problems, it doesn't mean I have fewer of them, all it means is I can handle them better.”
― EverSkeptic

“...innovation is highly context-dependent. It is a response to a particular problem at a particular time and place. Take away the context, and you remove both the spur to innovation, and its raw material.”
― Matthew Syed, Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do

“We always have solutions to all the problems which are not ours.”
― Amit Abraham

“A business shines brightest when its people are working on problems bigger than themselves”
― Damian Mingle