Problem Solving Quotes

“When I was up there, stranded by myself, did I think I was going to die? Yes. Absolutely, and that’s what you need to know going in because it’s going to happen to you. This is space. It does not cooperate. At some point everything is going to go south on you. Everything is going to go south and you’re going to say 'This is it. This is how I end.' Now you can either accept that or you can get to work. That’s all it is. You just begin. You do the math, you solve one problem. Then you solve the next one, and then the next and if you solve enough problems you get to come home.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian: A Screenplay

“Success is a collection of problems solved.”
― I. M. Pei

“Oftentimes I think it is far better to listen for an answer, rather than talk out of an effort to create one.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Don’t throw good ideas away until you’ve considered all of your options.”
― David Eddings, Crystal Gorge

“I know far too many people who prefer to shield their mind’s eye from the truth. They live in a perpetual state of denial, hoping their problems will cease to exist if they pretend they are not there. However shutting out your problems does not dismiss them. Ignorance is not bliss. On the contrary, it creates an opportunity for those problems to grow.”
― Carlos Wallace, The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity

“I am always trying to figure God out so that I can figure Him in. But after a while I figure that I should just let God be God, and figure that He’ll figure it all out anyway.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“There are only two ways to solve a problem: stop dwelling, and start doing.”
― Emily Uraih

“Most new ideas come to us not through pure logic, but through a fusion of memory and imagination. If new ideas were purely a product of rationality, other people would quickly grasp and embrace novel solutions. People’s lack of imagination prevents them from comprehending the significance of an innovative idea.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“All too often, our elegant political theories amount to nothing more than ideology triumphing over common sense.”
― Clifford Cohen

“Framing the right problem is equally or even more important than solving it.”
― Pearl Zhu, Leadership Master: Five Digital Trends to Leap Leadership Maturity

“[One way] researchers sometimes evaluate people's judgments is to compare those judgments with those of more mature or experienced individuals. This method has its limitations too, because mature or experienced individuals are sometimes so set in their ways that they can't properly evaluate new or unique conditions or adopt new approaches to solving problems.”
― Robert Epstein, Teen 2.0: Saving Our Children and Families from the Torment of Adolescence

“You have to be able to look objectively at the problem, deflating the emotional part of it.”
― Pearl Zhu, Thinkingaire: 100 Game Changing Digital Mindsets to Compete for the Future

“The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Problems in your life are like the weights in the gym. You can either get weighed down by them or turn them to your advantage and become stronger.”
― Toffee, Finding Juliet

“We can't understand the solutions other people arrive at until we understand the problems they are trying to solve.”
― Brandon J. Brown

“There are problems humans cannot solve, to wit: density dependent birth rates, loss of genetic diversity, the overturning of his population pyramid, traveling to the nearest star, and the extinction of Man.”
― Bill Gaede

“When the real problem is not well identified, only by chance a solution may be created.”
― Miguel Reynolds Brandao, The Sustainable Organisation - a paradigm for a fairer society: Think about sustainability in an age of technological progress and rising inequality

“How will history judge us? Will our tales be sources of inspiration, or wells of caution?”
― Yunus D. Saleh, Crisis Management: The Art of Success and Failure

“People put problems in front of me, I solve them”
― Kirsten Beyer, Protectors

“Creativity needs a problem, and the creative person needs a purpose.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Valley: Five Pearls of Wisdom to Make Profound Influence

“Our lives are cluttered by complexities and that leads to problems. Genius is the one solves simple problems which seem complicated.”
― Saurabh Gupta Earth5R

“If you ask what's your problem, most people won't be able to tell, yet they live miserable lives.”
― Saurabh Gupta Earth5R

“Pattern Thinking is a type of problem-solving thinking.”
― Pearl Zhu, Thinkingaire: 100 Game Changing Digital Mindsets to Compete for the Future

“I never see problems. I always see challenges. By definition, a problem is something unwelcome or harmful, whereas a challenge is a contest. Contests can be won; and, I love winning.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“If your glass seems half empty, use a smaller glass.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“Listen the problem, problem will also listen to you”
― Debmaya Jash

“Innovation becomes simply “creating value by solving simple or complex problems.”
― Pearl Zhu, It Innovation: Reinvent It for the Digital Age

“It is never prudent to bury our heads in the sand when in distress or faced with adversity; to place our hands over our eyes in a feeble attempt to hide from the inevitable.”
― Carlos Wallace, The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity

“Sometimes the solution of a problem is just the perspective of thinking.”
― raja shakeel mushtaque

“Strategic execution always solves problems”
― Edwin Dearborn