Problem Solving Quotes

"If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys."

"Don't find fault, find a remedy."

Henry Ford

"A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved."

Charles Kettering

"First, solve the problem. Then, write the code."

John Johnson

"Everything is figureoutable."

Marie Forleo

“Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions.”

“Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”

“The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities: a search for cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.”

“To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?”

“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.”

“It makes no difference how it is loosed.”

"It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it."

John Steinbeck

"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them."

Colin Powell

"Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do."

Jean Piaget

“Invert, always invert.”

Carl Jacobi

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

Albert Einstein

“Don't find fault, find a remedy.”

Henry Ford

“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty, but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”

R. Buckminster Fuller

“Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.”

Charles Eames

“Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.”

Herbert A. Simon

“Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution.”

Ivan Chermayeff

“Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.”

John Maeda

“Design is the beauty of turning constraints into advantages.”

Aza Raskin

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

Charles Kettering

“When in doubt, use brute force.”

Ken Thompson