36 Best Problem-Solving Quotes

The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur. - Elon Musk

I tend to approach things from a physics framework. - Elon Musk

I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems. - Elon Musk

You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve. - Elon Musk

I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. - Elon Musk

If I can't get in the front door, I'll go in the back door. If that door is closed, I'll go in the window. - Bessie Coleman

If you ever find yourself lost in the woods, build a house. 'I used to be lost, but now I live here!' - Jack Handey

The best way to keep your shoes from smelling is to not wear them. - Jack Handey

This month: See obstacles as detours, not dead ends.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. – Confucius

Creativity is intelligence having fun. – Albert Einstein

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein

You can't focus on what's going wrong. There's always a way to turn things around.

Okay, crisis averted. Everybody back to your stations.

I've got it! We can make a happy memory. We'll use the recall tube!

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. – Albert Einstein

You can fix this. You're a genius.

I hid some of the slower orphans in the fields. – Nacho

How can you walk away from something and then come towards it? – Coraline Jones. Walk around the world. – The Cat

I'm not hearing a question. I'm hearing a lot of whining, but I'm not hearing a question. – Coach Carter

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. – Eleanor Roosevelt

I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. – Abraham Maslow

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. – Abraham Maslow

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. – Benjamin Franklin

If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve. – Jeff Bezos

One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out. – Jeff Bezos

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. – Bill Gates

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority. – Bill Gates

The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before. – Bill Gates

Leadership is about focusing on the solutions, not just the problems. – Jacinda Ardern

There is no such thing as resourcefulness without resource. – Tony Robbins

Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems. – Larry Page

Opportunities lie in the place where the complaints are. – Jack Ma

If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered. – Stanley Kubrick

I’m not a great believer in the word ‘no’. – Ridley Scott

I like things that are difficult. I like the process of trying to figure it out. – David Fincher