Problem Solving Quotes to Help
Your Team Overcome Challenges ...

The right quote at the right time can shift thinking from hopelessness to a feeling of “ yes, we can overcome this”.

Depending on what you and your team need, this collection of quotations may inspire, push or provide support.

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Problem solving quotes for inspiration and motivation

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

Whatever the problem we have in our life, someone has faced it and overcome it. ~David DeNotaris

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. ~Richard Bach

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them. ~Lakshmi Mittal

It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again. ~Charles Kettering

It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up.
~Vince Lombardi

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. ~Bernard M. Baruch

No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything. ~B. Dodge

No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves.
~Dwight Eisenhower

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. ~William Penn

Problem solving quotes provide guidance on overcoming challenges

Never, never, never, never give up. ~Winston Churchill

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?
~Jim Rohn

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it. ~Rudy Giuliani

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ~Michael Jordan

If your only tool is a hammer every problem will be a nail ~Unknown

Have you got a problem? Do what you can where you are with what you've got. ~Theodore Roosevelt

There is always something you can do about any problem; even it if is just changing your perspective on how you feel about the problem.
~David DeNotaris

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society. ~Vince Lombardi

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities. Always see them for they're always there. ~Norman Vincent Peale

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. ~William Arthur Ward

Problem solving quotes and finding solutions

Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will. ~Norman Vincent Peale

I believe through learning and application of what you learn, you can solve any problem, overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal that you can set for yourself. ~Brian Tracy

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

You won't find a solution by saying there is no problem. ~William Rotsler

The “how” thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile “ifs” but goes right to work on the creative “how”.
~Norman Vincent Peale

Once you decide what it is you want, set your sights and start taking action to achieve it. This action is the commitment on your part. And, once you are committed to a goal, really committed, problems are short term. ~Catherine Pulsifer from Focus

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

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem. ~G.K. Chesterton

Problem solving quotes can offer a different way to think about problems

Don't think of problems as difficulties. Think of them as opportunities for action. ~Author Unknown

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
~African Proverb

One-half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough. ~Josh Billings

So often, I have seen people waste energy by moaning and groaning about a problem. Yet, if they just realigned their attitude and focused on the solution or on the opportunity, the challenge would not seem as big as they think it is. ~Catherine Pulsifer from My Story

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. ~Robert Schuller

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. ~Henry J. Kaiser

We have a problem. “ Congratulations.” But it's a tough problem. “ Then double congratulations.” ~W. Clement Stone

Life's ups and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want.~ Martha Sinetar

Problem solving quotes about putting troubles in perspective

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

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you. ~Calvin Coolidge

I have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. ~Mark Twain

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

If a man could have just half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. ~Benjamin Franklin

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. ~Richard Bach

It is better to laugh about your problems than to cry about them. It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
~Albert Einstein

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

I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish. ~Yanni

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