Small Problems Quotes

• Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Simple, Faces

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• There are no small problems. Problems that appear small are large problems that are not understood

  Santiago Ramon y Cajal

  Problem, Understood

  Santiago Ramón y Cajal (2004). “Advice for a Young Investigator”, p.17, MIT Press

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• In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Relationship, Truth

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• When you're stuck sitting in a comfort zone, small problems become magnified. Get out of your comfort zone, touch the edge, and you come back with an appreciation for life.

  Barbara Warren

  Appreciation, Comfort, Sitting

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• We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

  Abdolkarim Soroush

  Use, Break, Components

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• If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future.

  Jim Stovall

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Challenges

  Jim Stovall (2011). “The Ultimate Journey: A Novel”, p.79, David C Cook

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• The more you think about your own self, the more self-centred you are, the more trouble even small problems can create in your mind. The stronger your sense of 'I', the narrower the scope of your thinking becomes; then even small obstacles become unbearable. On the other hand, if you concern yourself mainly with others, the broader your thinking becomes, and life's inevitable difficulties disturb you less.

  Dalai Lama

  Thinking, Self, Hands

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• Every small problem most likely stems from the same root as large problems, and so there is no need to always go deep. One can use anything for the therapeutic process and/if this link is made.

  Pema Chodron

  Roots, Needs, Use

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• The only time we can fail is if we quit. Most perceived failures are only stepping stones being small problems encountered along the path to a goal. Obstacles are opportunities for growth, therefore, encourage and embrace them.

  Arthur Frederick Saunders

  Opportunity, Goal, Growth

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• If you wait for people to come to you, you'll only get small problems. You must go and find them. The big problems are where people don't realize they have one in the first place.

  W. Edwards Deming

  People, Waiting, Firsts

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• There is Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan which will also be a very tricky issue in the coming years. Then there is a large part of Pakistan which is being torn apart from American drone attacks. The country is being invaded constantly by a terrorist superpower. Again, this is not a small problem.

  Noam Chomsky

  Country, Years, Issues

  Source: www.dawn.com

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• In fact, I love singing. I just have a small problem with pitch, tune, melody, and lyrics. But that's never stopped me.

  Kevin Daniels

  Singing, Tunes, Facts

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• Artificial intelligence uses a complex set of rules - algorithms - to get to a conclusion. A computer has to calculate its way through all those rules, and that takes a lot of processing. So AI works best when a small computer is using it on a small problem - your car's anti-lock brakes are based on AI. Or you need to use a giant computer on a big problem - like IBM using a room-size machine to compete against humans on Jeopardy in 2011.

  Kevin Maney

  Car, Giants, Needs

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• At Starbucks 0 as in any business, in any life - there are so many hectic moments during the day when we are simply trying to do the job, trying to put out the fires, trying to solve any number of small problems, that we often lose sight of what it is we're really here to do.

  Howard Schultz

  Jobs, Fire, Sight

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• The Arab-Israeli conflict is the biggest problem, but small problems shape the daily lives of Israelis. Unless there happens to be a war going on, the Arab-Israeli conflict is irrelevant in daily life.

  Yair Lapid

  War, Arab Israeli Conflict, Shapes

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• You are five times more likely to be killed by your abuser if your abuser can get their hands on a gun. That`s not a small problem.

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Gun, Hands, Abusers

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I hung my head. Ranger was next on the list. “Yo,” Ranger said when he answered. “Small problem.” “No kidding. Your car just went off the screen.” “It sort of burned up.” Silence. “And you know that keypad you gave me? It was in the car.” “Babe.

  Janet Evanovich

  Car, Silence, Next

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• You should take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision. Put something away in case of an emergency. New neighbors will bring good cheer. A small problem may occur at home base, but you will solve it quickly and correctly. Don't offer smart advice unless you are really asked to comment.

  Vikas Swarup

  Cheer, Smart, Home

  Vikas Swarup (2008). “Q & A: A Novel”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• For some days I quietly worked out in my own mind the metaphysics of Cosmic Unity. The more I thought about it, the more convinced I became that it was the living truth. It was logically incontrovertible. It provided for the first time a firm foundation for ethics. It offered mankind the radical change of heart and mind that was our only hope of peace at a time of desperate danger. Only one small problem remained. I must find a way to convert the world to my way of thinking.

  Freeman Dyson

  Heart, Thinking, Unity

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• When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information theory, what do you do for an encore? The great scientists often make this error. They fail to continue to plant the little acorns from which the mighty oak trees grow. They try to get the big thing right off. And that isn't the way things go. So that is another reason why you find that when you get early recognition it seems to sterilize you.

  Richard Hamming

  Errors, Tree, Trying

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