The Smartest People and Their Quotes on Problem Solving

Here’s how some of the brightest and most successful people think about problems and how you can learn to take them on and even turn them into an asset, catapulting you to being and living better

“Instead of thinking out the box, get rid of the box.” – Deepak Chopra

“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert H. Shuller

“Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.” – Colin Powell

“Running away from a problem only increases the distance from the solution.” – Anonymous

“All problems become smaller when you confront them instead of dodging them.” – William F. Halsey

“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin

“Every problem is a gift. Without them we wouldn’t grow” – Tony Robbins

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein

“It isn’t that they cannot find the solution. It is that they cannot see the problem.” – G.K Chesterton

“Problems are nothing but wake-up calls for creativity” – Gerhard Gschwandtner

“We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.” – Russell L. Ackoff

“A positive attitude may not solve your problems — but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” – Anonymous

“Problem-solving leaders have one thing in common: a faith that there’s always a better way.” – Gerald M. Weinberg

“If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem, it is impossible to solve it.” – Naoto Kan

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” – Duke Ellington

“Giving up is the most painful way of solving a problem.” – Anonymous

“Solving problems means listening.” – Richard Branson

“Inside of every problem lies an opportunity.” – Robert Kiposaki

“There is no problem outside of you that is superior to the power within you.” – Bob Proctor

“Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.” – Rene Descartes

“You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability.” – Michael J. Gelb

“If a problem can be solved it will be. If it cannot be solved there is no use worrying about it.” – Dalai Lama XIV

“All life is problem solving.” – Karl Popper