Quotes on Problems
“I am selfish, private and easily bored. Will this be a problem?”
― Neil Gaiman, A Study in Emerald
Neil Gaiman, Problems
"Choice. The problem is choice." – Neo (The Matrix Reloaded)
The Matrix, Life, Problems
“They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.”
Calvin Coolidge, Society, Goals, Criticism, Problems
“I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that’s going on. I feel like I’m in my own bubble.”
Kendrick Lamar, Problems
“The problem is that everybody treats teenagers like they're stupid.”
Johnny Depp, Society, Problems
“I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.”
Johnny Depp, Goals, Problems
“Some may consider this a problem, I easily fall in love.”
Kevin Gates, Love, Problems
“Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, and to hide every pain.”
Will Smith, Life, Goals, Problems
“If I have a problem with someone I talk about them. I don’t pick on their kids.”
Hulk Hogan, Goals, Problems
“I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.”
Andrew Carnegie, Belief, Problems, Life
“There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.”
Richard Bach, Problems
“If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.”
Richard Bach, Problems, Happiness
“There are no problems, only solutions.”
John Lennon, Problems
“Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”
The Greatest Salesman in the World, Success, Problems, Life
“Which two, among a thousand wise men, will define success in the same words; yet failure is always described but one way. Failure is man's inability to reach his goals in life, whatever they may be.”
The Greatest Salesman in the World, Success, Problems, Goals
“Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better … or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.”
The Greatest Salesman in the World, Business, Success, Problems
“Truly, many times have you heard me say that the rewards are great if one succeeds but the rewards are great only because so few succeed. Many succumb to despair and fail without realizing that they already possess all the tools needed to acquire great wealth. Many others face each obstacle in their path with fear and doubt and consider them as enemies when, in truth, these obstructions are friends and helpers.”
The Greatest Salesman in the World, Business, Success, Problems, Wealth
“That's what this book is about: other worlds, what awaits us on them, what they tell us about ourselves, and - given the urgent problems our species now faces - whether it makes sense to go.
Should we solve those problems first?
Or are they a reason to go?”
― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot, Goals, Problems
“The lack of balance between the birth-rate of the "unfit" and the "fit," admittedly the greatest present menace to the civilization, can never be rectified by the inauguration of a cradle competition between these two classes. The example of the inferior classes, the fertility of the feeble-minded, the mentally defective, the poverty-stricken, should not be held up for emulation to the mentally and physically fit, and therefore less fertile, parents of the educated and well-to-do classes. On the contrary, the most urgent problem to-day is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective.”
― Margaret Sanger, The Pivot of Civilization
Margaret Sanger, Society, Problems
“Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run.”
Margaret Mead, Society, Anger and Fighting, Problems
“A good leader does not get bogged down in the minutia of a tactical problem at the expense of strategic success.”
― Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink, Management, Problems, Success
“Leaders should never be satisfied. They must always strive to improve, and they must build that mind-set into the team. They must face the facts through a realistic, brutally honest assessment of themselves and their team’s performance. Identifying weaknesses, good leaders seek to strengthen them and come up with a plan to overcome challenges. The best teams anywhere, like the SEAL Teams, are constantly looking to improve, add capability, and push the standards higher. It starts with the individual and spreads to each of the team members until this becomes the culture, the new standard. The recognition that there are no bad teams, only bad leaders facilitates Extreme Ownership and enables leaders to build high-performance teams that dominate on any battlefield, literal or figurative.”
― Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink, Management, Goals, Problems, Success
“Prioritize your problems and take care of them one at a time, the highest priority first. Don’t try to do everything at once or you won’t be successful.” I explained how a leader who tries to take on too many problems simultaneously will likely fail at them all.”
― Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink, Management, Goals, Problems, Success
“You do the same thing every time you whine about problems but do nothing to fix them.”
Mel Robbins, Problems
“The problem was very clear. It was me. I was holding myself back, five seconds at a time.”
Mel Robbins, Problems
"I was the problem and in five seconds, I could push myself and become the solution."
Mel Robbins, Problems, Goals
"If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles."
Wayne Dyer, Opportunities, Problems
“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.”
Will Rogers, Problems
“The problem ain't what people know. It's what people know that ain't so that's the problem.”
Will Rogers, Problems
“I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.”
Frida Kahlo, Problems
“What to do isn’t the problem; doing it is. Most of us know what to do, but we just don’t do it. If I can control the guy in the mirror, I can be skinny and rich.”
Dave Ramsey, Problems
“The way we see the problem is the problem.”
Stephen Covey, Problems
“I do not walk away in the face of adversity and never have.”
Stevie Nicks, Problems, Goals
"The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging."
Warren Buffet, Problems
"People's fantasies are what give them problems. If you didn't have fantasies you wouldn't have problems because you'd just take whatever was there."
Andy Warhol, Problems
"Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, "So what."
"My mother didn't love me." So what.
"My husband won't ball me. So what.
"I'm a success but I'm still alone." So what.
I don't know how I made it through all the years before I learned how to do that trick. It took a long time for me to learn it, but once you do, you never forget."
Andy Warhol, Problems
"Have you guessed the riddle yet?′ the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
`No, I give it up,′ Alice replied: `what’s the answer?′
`I haven’t the slightest idea,′ said the Hatter."
Alice in Wonderland, Problems
"If there’s no meaning in it,” said the King, “that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn’t try to find any."
Alice in Wonderland, Goals, Problems
"I do wish I hadn’t drunk quite so much!"
Alice in Wonderland, Problems
"I suppose I ought to eat or drink something or other; but the great question is ‘What?’"
Alice in Wonderland, Problems
"The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers! She’ll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets!"
Alice in Wonderland, Problems
"Wow I can't believe I won, This is awesome, Don't trip and fall, I'm gonna get to thank the fans, This is so cool, Oh kany'e west is here, Cool haircut, What are ya doing there... Ouch... I guess I'm not gonna get to thank the fans."
Taylor Swift, Problems
"One is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer."
Stephen Hawking, Problems
"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith."
Steve Jobs, Life, Problems
"So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Life, Problems, Opportunities
"We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down."
Eleanor Roosevelt, Strength, Problems
"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."
Nelson Mandela, Problems
"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."
Epictetus, Problems
"Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems."
Epictetus, Problems
"Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems."
Seneca, Problems
"Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men."
Seneca, Problems, Courage
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."
Seneca, Problems
"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars."
Seneca, Problems
"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor."
FDR- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Problems
"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
FDR- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Problems
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
JFK- John F. Kennedy, Problems
"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well."
Teddy Roosevelt, Problems
"When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on."
Teddy Roosevelt, Problems
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
Aristotle, Problems
"Could be worse. Not sure how, but it could be."
Winnie the Pooh, Problems
"Oh, bother."
Winnie the Pooh, Problems
"Christopher Robin! Will you kindly shake your umbrella and say ‘tut tut it looks like rain!’?"
Winnie the Pooh, Problems
"Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place."
Rumi, Problems, Happiness
"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."
Van Gogh, Problems
"But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars."
Martin Luther King Jr., Problems
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
Abraham Lincoln, Problems
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
Marcus Aurelius, Problems
"Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil."
Marcus Aurelius, Problems
"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."
Marcus Aurelius, Problems
"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."
Winston Churchill, Problems
"Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it."
Winston Churchill, Problems
"If you are going through hell, keep going."
Winston Churchill, Problems
"Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night."
Napoleon Bonaparte, Problems
"Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them."
Henry Ford, Problems
"When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ...."
Henry Ford, Problems
"Problems are challenges to creative minds. Without problems, there would be little reason to think at all."
Earl Nightingale, Problems
"Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."
Dale Carnegie , Problems
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Benjamin Franklin, Problems
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Albert Einstein, Problems, Opportunities
"A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it."
Albert Einstein, Problems
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
Albert Einstein, Problems
"The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small."
Lao Tzu, Problems
"Respond to anger with virtue. Deal with difficulties while they are still easy. Handle the great while it is still small."