Collecting sentences on problem solving, accommodating aphorisms to help find an unexpected remedy or, failing that, the hope that it will present itself in the near future.
Phrases to solve problems
- Life is a constant resistance to inertia that tries to sabotage our deepest will. Who gets tired of wanting, wants nothing. (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzche)
- I do not regret the problems that I created, because they took me to where I wanted to go. (Paulo Coelho)
- The biggest difficulty arises not so much from persuading people to accept new ideas, but from persuading them to abandon old ones. (John Maynard Keynes)
- Being easy-going is a sign of intelligence and humanity which, alas, is often misunderstood and mistaken for weakness which can be taken advantage of, lacking in respect.
- In peaceful moments remember to always fear adversity and in adversity remember to always hope for better things. (Cato The Censor)
- It is impossible to live without making a mistake, unless you choose to live in such a prudent way that yours cannot be considered a life at all. (J.K.Rowling)
- When I want to make a group decision I look in the mirror. (Warren Buffet)
- Always be accommodating as far as possible, a greater effort in the present avoids that in the future a greater effort is required to fix the same things.
- All ideas that have huge consequences are always simple ideas. (Lev Tolstoj)
- The bravest decision you make every day is to be in a good mood. (Voltarire)
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- There are two basic choices in life: accepting things as they are or accepting the responsibility to change them. (Denis Waitley)
- After every storm the clear will come back, every problem has a solution even if it doesn't seem to be, searching for it is a duty to be fulfilled and shared.
- Do what you need to fulfill your most ardent desire, and you will end up fulfilling it. (Beethoven)
- The big mistake is in wanting to anticipate the result of the commitment; you shouldn't worry about how it will end, just let nature take its course, and your tools will hit at the right time. (Bruce Lee)
- I like friends with independent minds who allow you to see problems from different angles. (Nelson Mandela)
- If someone tells you that the problem is me, not you, know that they are implicitly saying that you are not the solution.
- Obstacles are those scary things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. (Henry Ford)
Problem solving aphorisms
- Now is not the time to think about what you don't have. Think about what you can do with what is there. (Ernest Hemingway)
- Do not allow yourself to be discouraged from any failure as long as you have done your best. (Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
- All progress is volatile, often the solution of one problem leads to tackling another one, sometimes of a greater entity but necessary to pursue the set objective.
- The word impossible is not in my vocabulary. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
- If from time to time you are unsuccessful, it is a sign that you are not doing anything truly innovative. (Woody Allen)
- Only a man who knows what it means to be defeated can go down to the bottom of his soul and come up with that ounce of power needed to win when the fight is even. (Muhammad Ali)
- Science is always imperfect, experience teaches that often more problems arise from the solution of a problem as a consequence.
- Even when you know you lose you still have to fight. Because the important thing is not to win or lose: it is to fight. (Alekos Panagulis)
- How to reach a goal? Without haste but without stopping. (Goethe)
- Those who deal with problems with an intolerant attitude are not suitable for struggle. (Nelson Mandela)
- We are so slow to find solutions that as soon as we get there we realize that the problems have become others.
- Those who give up are more numerous than those who fail. (Henry Ford)
- The biggest obstacle to living is waiting, which depends on tomorrow but wastes today. (Lucio Anneo Seneca)
- Releasing the atom did not create a new problem. It simply made the need to resolve an existing one more urgent. (Albert Einstein)
- The solution of common sense remains at the bottom of the mind of the so-called experts.
- I often wake up at night and start thinking about a series of serious problems and decide to talk to the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and I remember that I am the Pope. (Pope John XXIII)
- Sometimes it is necessary to decide between one thing you are used to and another that we would like to know. (Paulo Coelho)
Easygoing phrases
- Only those who have the courage to face great failures can achieve great successes. (Bobby Kennedy)
- It often happens that when faced with a problem there is a tendency to look for the reason why it occurred rather than the practical solution.
- The best things are achieved only with the utmost passion. (Goethe)
- The big advantage of playing with fire is that you never get burned. It is only those who cannot play it that burn themselves completely. (Oscar Wilde)
- What we fear most of all, has a strong tendency to really happen. (Theodor Adorno)
- People who for some reason feel anguish in certain cases prefer a known problem instead of a solution that is not at all.
- We know what needs to be done: all that's missing is the will to do it. (Nelson Mandela)
- Patience, perseverance and hard work create an unbeatable combination for success. (Napoleon Hill)
- As soon as all the possibilities of remedying a problem are finished, a solution will come out, which will be simple and obvious, clearly visible to everyone.
- Rock will not eliminate your problems. But it will allow you to dance on it. (Pete Townshend)
- Inside a ring or outside, there is nothing wrong with falling. It is wrong to stay on the ground. (Muhammad Ali)
- When a man turns all his will towards a given thing, he always ends up reaching it. (Hermann Hesse)
- Things happen when they think all the possibilities are exhausted, the solution sometimes comes unexpectedly and suddenly when we no longer hoped for it.
- Behind every problem there is an opportunity. (Galileo Galilei)
- Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and putting your thoughts into practice is the most difficult thing in the world. (Goethe)
- Who can not reason is a fool. Who does not want is a bigot. Anyone who doesn't care is a slave. (Andrew Carnegie)
