Problem Solving Quotes

“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

“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

“In the history of ideas, it's repeatedly happened that an idea, developed in one area for one purpose, finds an unexpected application elsewhere. Concepts developed purely for philosophy of mathematics turned out to be just what you needed to build a computer. Statistical formulae for understanding genetic change in biology are now applied in both economics and in programming.”
― Patrick Grim

“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

“Be a part of the solution O Braveheart, not contributing to the problems.”
― Abhijit Naskar, A Push in Perception

“Patience is an action and a skill to be cultivated. It actually solves more problems than most other actions.”
― John Bruna, The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life: The Essence of Mindfulness

“Creative people are both problem finders and problem solvers.”
― Pearl Zhu, 100 Digital Rules

“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

“Being flexible means to explore the alternative ways to solve problems. Never think there is a short list of solutions you can pick from,”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Fit: Manifest Future of Business with Multidimensional Fit

“Never be swift to label a situation as a problem - and be careful in ever labelling a person as one.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Don't complain if the issue is complicated if it weren't complicated it would not be an issue.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“We cannot solve an old problem with old solutions.”
― Abhijit Naskar, A Push in Perception