Inspirations

Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem. Problems are like landmarks of progress.

- Scott Alexander

Let God's promises shine on your problems.

- Corrie Ten Boom

Brady's First Law of Problem Solving: When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question: How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?

- Brady

The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.

- Dorothea Brande

A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.

- Dorothea Brande

Problems are solved on the spot, as soon as they arise. No front-line employee has to wait for a supervisor's permission.

- Jan Carlzon

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.

- Gilbert K Chesterton

Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.

- Anthony J D'Angelo

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.

- Freeman Dyson

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.

- Albert Einstein

The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.

- Albert Einstein

The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.

- Albert Einstein

A problem is your chance to do your best.

- Duke Ellington

It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.

- Malcolm S Forbes

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

- Henry Ford

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

- Henry Ford

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

- Henry Ford

You must live with people to know their problems, and live with God in order to solve them.

- Peter T Forsyth

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

- R Buckminster Fuller

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.

- John W Gardner

We have no problems, only situations. Not all problems have solutions, but all situations have outcomes.

- John E Gray

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care, and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

- Lou Holtz

The man who has no more problems to solve, is out of the game.

- Elbert Hubbard

Any solution to a problem changes the problem.

- R W Johnson

The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one.

- Franklin P Jones

The best way out is always through.

- Helen Keller

The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them. I found that hard to believe, but now I know it is true.

- John F Kennedy

Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.

- Charles F Kettering

To every problem there is already a solution whether you know it or not.

- Grenville Kleiser

There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve.

- Mike Leavitt

I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and that the answers are on a certain page.

- Clarence Linder

The bigger the real-life problems, the greater the tendency for the discipline to retreat into a reassuring fantasy-land of abstract theory and technical manipulation.

- Tom Naylor

To solve the problems of today, we must focus on tomorrow.

- Erik Nupponen

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

- Norman Vincent Peale

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

Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.

- M Scott Peck

I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties.

- James Cash Penney

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

- Laurence J Peter

The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey them or disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring you more problems.

- Peace Pilgrim

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

- Robert Redford

If a man can see both sides of a problem, you know that none of his money is tied up in it.

- Verda Ross

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

- Theodore I Rubin

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.

- Alan Saporta

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

- Robert H Schuller

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

- Robert H Schuller

When you can't solve the problem, manage it.

- Robert H Schuller

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

- Eric Sevareid

All problems are finally scientific problems.

- George Bernard Shaw

Rather than denying problems, focus inventively, intentionally on what solutions might look or feel like...Our mind is meant to generate ideas that help us escape circumstantial traps -- if we trust it to do so. Naturally, not all hunches are useful. But then you only need a single good idea to solve a problem.

- Marsha Sinetar

We have a problem. Congratulations. But it's a tough problem. Then double congratulations.

- W Clement Stone

Avoiding a problem doesn't solve it.

- Bonnie Jean Thornley

Successful people are simply people who learn to solve their problems... they are not people without problems.

- Source Unknown

Anytime you think that the problem is out there, that thought in itself may be the problem. If it is out there then you have no control and you have to wait until it changes.

- Source Unknown

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

- Voltaire

The greatest problem you have is your greatest opportunity.

- Michael Wickett

Some problems are just too complicated for rational, logical solutions. They admit of insights, not answers.

- Jerome Wiesner

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Get Inspired for Happiness Strategy 6: Developing Strategies for Coping

Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem. Problems are like landmarks of progress.

Let God's promises shine on your problems.

Brady's First Law of Problem Solving: When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question: How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?

The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.

A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.

Problems are solved on the spot, as soon as they arise. No front-line employee has to wait for a supervisor's permission.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.

Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.

The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.

The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.

A problem is your chance to do your best.

It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

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

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

You must live with people to know their problems, and live with God in order to solve them.

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.

We have no problems, only situations. Not all problems have solutions, but all situations have outcomes.

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care, and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

The man who has no more problems to solve, is out of the game.

Any solution to a problem changes the problem.

The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one.

The best way out is always through.

The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them. I found that hard to believe, but now I know it is true.

Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.

To every problem there is already a solution whether you know it or not.

There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve.

I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and that the answers are on a certain page.

The bigger the real-life problems, the greater the tendency for the discipline to retreat into a reassuring fantasy-land of abstract theory and technical manipulation.

To solve the problems of today, we must focus on tomorrow.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

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.

Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.

I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties.

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey them or disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring you more problems.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

If a man can see both sides of a problem, you know that none of his money is tied up in it.

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

When you can't solve the problem, manage it.

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

All problems are finally scientific problems.

We have a problem. Congratulations. But it's a tough problem. Then double congratulations.

Avoiding a problem doesn't solve it.

Successful people are simply people who learn to solve their problems... they are not people without problems.

Anytime you think that the problem is out there, that thought in itself may be the problem. If it is out there then you have no control and you have to wait until it changes.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

The greatest problem you have is your greatest opportunity.

Some problems are just too complicated for rational, logical solutions. They admit of insights, not answers.

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