Top 100 Problem-Solving Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.”

— Richard Branson

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2. “When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

Also featured in: Study Quotes, Challenges Quotes

3. “All life is problem solving.”

— Karl Popper

4. “Let’s work the problem, people. Let’s not make things worse by guessing.”

— Gene Kranz

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5. “My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

6. “Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.”

— Russell L. Ackoff

Also featured in: Decision-Making Quotes

7. “When you struggle with a problem, that’s when you understand it.”

— Elon Musk

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8. “If a problem can be solved it will be. If it can not be solved there is no use worrying about it.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Buddhist Quotes

9. “When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions.”

— Steve Jobs

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10. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

— R. Buckminster Fuller

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11. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes

12. “To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem.”

— C.G. Jung

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes

13. “If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution.”

— Steve Jobs

14. “Problem talk creates problems, Solution talk creates solutions.”

— Steve de Shazer

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15. “The way we see the problem is the problem.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Quotes About Thinking

16. “Victims recite problems, leaders provide solutions.”

— Robin S. Sharma

17. “If there is no solution to the problem then don’t waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don’t waste time worrying about it.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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18. “Manage the cause, not the result.”

— W. Edwards Deming

19. “If it can be solved, there’s no need to worry, and if it can’t be solved, worry is of no use.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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20. “A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.”

— Charles F. Kettering

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21. “I don’t spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.”

— Elon Musk

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22. “If you want to grow, find a good opportunity. Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what social problem you could solve.”

— Jack Ma

23. “Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.”

— Rick Warren

Also featured in: Personal Responsibility Quotes, Adversity Quotes

24. “You can’t get different results by doing things the same way.”

— Richard Moran

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Decision-Making Quotes

25. “Think of the solution, not the problem.”

— Terry Goodkind

Also featured in: Positive Thinking Quotes, Decision-Making Quotes

26. “The key is this: Meet today’s problems with today’s strength. Don’t start tackling tomorrow’s problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow’s strength yet. You simply have enough for today.”

— Max Lucado

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Carpe Diem Quotes

27. “If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

28. “The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved.”

— Pete Seeger

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29. “If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.”

— Isaac Asimov

Also featured in: Science Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Smart Quotes

30. “Know how to solve every problem that has been solved.”

— Richard P. Feynman

31. “Opportunities are problems in search of solutions.”

— Denis Waitley

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32. “In a difficult business, no sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces – never is there just one cockroach in the kitchen.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Obstacles Quotes, Witty Quotes

33. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through the argument debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

— Colin Powell

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34. “There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.”

— Henry Ford

35. “Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we’re made for, and what we’re responsible to give back to life.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Obstacles Quotes, Adversity Quotes

36. “Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.”

— Atul Gawande

Also featured in: Excellence Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Genius Quotes

37. “Your success and happiness depend on your willingness to help others solve their problems.”

— T. B. Joshua

Also featured in: Service Quotes, Compassion Quotes, Generosity Quotes

38. “Whatever the problem – be part of the solution.”

— Tina Fey

39. “The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.”

— Zig Ziglar

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40. “There is a better way for everything. Find it.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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41. “The impossible exists only until we find a way to make it possible.”

— Mike Horn

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42. “To every problem, there is a most simple solution.”

— Agatha Christie

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43. “There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.”

— Ralph Marston

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44. “The ultimate purpose of collecting the data is to provide a basis for action or a recommendation.”

— W. Edwards Deming

Also featured in: Quotes for Better Decisions, Statistics Quotes

45. “If you realize that you’re the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don’t blame other people for your problems.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

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46. “It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.”

— George Pólya

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47. “Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.”

— Scott Adams

Also featured in: Engineering Quotes, Anger Quotes

48. “Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.”

— Ernest Shackleton

Also featured in: Obstacles Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Survival Quotes, Adventure Quotes

49. “If you look for problems, you will find problems; if you look for solutions, you will find solutions.”

— Andy Gilbert

50. “The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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