Problems Quotes


These problems quotes remind me we all have problems…and we often think other people have less than us.  But rather than focus on that idea, we ought to put that effort into solutions.  Hopefully these quotes will help you with that:

Never let a problem to be solved become more important than the person to be loved. -Barbara Johnson

We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. -Albert Einstein

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

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. -Albert Ellis

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 (1895-1983)

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. -Martin Luther King Jr.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does. -Unknown

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

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution. -Unknown

A problem is a chance for you to do your best. -Duke Ellington

Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong. -Norman Vincent Peale

Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem. -Virginia Satir

Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them. -Lou Holtz

None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. -Bernard M. Baruch (1870-1965)

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem.  Everything else is inconvenience. -Robert Fulghum

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn. -Unknown

To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things. -Lee Iacocca

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. -Jewish Proverb

Turn your wounds into wisdom. -Oprah Winfrey

Problems are the price of progress. Don’t bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me. -Charles F. Kettering (1876-1958)

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. -Frank A. Clark

If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. -Mary Engelbreit

There is no education like adversity. -Disraeli

It is one of man’s curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them. -Joseph De Maistre (1753-1821)

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. -Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)

Do you have any problem solving quotes you can share here?  Which of these ones jump out at you?

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  • Shawn you must have read my mind I have a problem right now and these quotes just made it seem lighter already. Thanks a million :)

    Laugh at your problems; everybody else does. -Unknown

    If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. -Mary Engelbreit

  • Dear Shawn,

    Very timely quotes you send....it almost happened everytime. You work like a psychic reading ones mind and emotion. (lol) just my way of saying you're doing a great job! thanks

    I like all of the quotes, but below quotes are my 3 most favorite:

    "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

    The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution. -Unknown

    A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn. -Unknown

    • LOL. :) Thanks Sally. I can't claim to have any special powers, but maybe we're traveling parallel paths.

  • Albert Einstein's brilliance may be partly credited to the simple ideas that he was able to encapsulate in simple sayings like this one: "We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." Not bad.

    For a person on a mission, problems are simply challenges, puzzles to be solved. For others, problems, no matter how small, are convenient excuses. - mine.

  • This reminds us that we all have problems and are not alone. I have a problem and I think reading these quotes have helped me solve it. I really liked: If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. -Mary Engelbreit

  • As always Shawn, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ever so much - HAPPY PUBLISHING ALWAYS BRINGS WARMTH TO MY HEART & A SMILE TO MY FACE!

    K. D.

  • I have encouraged so much with these quotes, it speaks true about how life goes and how to handle it. Big up

  • Hey Shawn,

    Once again wonderful quotes on problems .. you are truly a mind reader and a great friend. Your site sure cheers the weary soul, for mine has, today after reading the wonderful words. Especially the Jewish Proverb - Guess we need broader shoulders cause we all have and will continue to have problems. It is how we deal with it. For that each of us need : inner strength, patience, forbearance and an ability to smile through our most difficult moments. Guess that is wisdom, as rightly said in the quote here, that the surest sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. And admittedly I see that so rarely these days. Let me begin with myself... the task would then be half done already.

    Thanks for sharing some amazing insights on life!
    Amar

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