Tough Problems Quotes

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  Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.189, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

  Duke Ellington

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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  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

  Life, Positive, Encouraging

  Robert Fulghum (2010). “Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door”, p.146, Ivy Books

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• Problems are guidelines, not stop signs!

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

  "Move Ahead with Possibility Thinking" by Robert H. Schuller, (p. 90), 1967.

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• The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• Always expect the best. Then if you have to hurdle a few tough problems, you will have generated the strength and courage to do so.

  George Matthew Adams

  Expectations, Tough, Problem

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• Ronald Reagan was one of our great foreign policy Presidents. He did not come from the Senate. He did not come from the foreign policy world. He was a governor, but his resolve, his clarity of purpose, his intelligence, his capacity to deal with complex issues and solve tough problems served him extremely well, and if I were elected President, I hope I could rely upon those same qualities.

  Mitt Romney

  Rely Upon, Clarity Of Purpose, Issues

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• Christ was a sublime actor on the stage of the world. He knew what he was thinking of when he said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." I draw near to him at such a time. Yet he taught mankind but imperfectly how to live; his thoughts were all directed toward another world. There is another kind of success than his. Even here we have a sort of living to get, and must buffet it somewhat longer. There are various tough problems yet to solve, and we must shift to live, betwixt spirit and matter, such a human life as we can.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Jesus, Thinking

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.491, Simon and Schuster

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• Solutions to tough problems should be made as simple as possible - and no simpler.

  Albert Einstein

  Simple, Tough, Problem

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• I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.

  Bill Gates

  Motivation, Inspiration, Thinking

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• Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

  Jon Kyl

  Leadership, Children, Real

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• Competence means keeping your head in a crisis, sticking with a task even when it seems hopeless, and improvising good solutions to tough problems when every second counts. It encompasses ingenuity, determination and being prepared for anything.

  Chris Hadfield

  Determination, Mean, Tasks

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.28, Pan Macmillan

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• The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate 'apparently ordinary' people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.

  K. Patricia Cross

  Education, Appreciation, Teacher

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• We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'

  W. Clement Stone

  Funny, Uplifting, Congratulations

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• The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.

  John Foster Dulles

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• There are various tough problems yet to solve, and we must shift to live, betwixt spirit and matter, such a human life as we can.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Matter, Spirit, Tough

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.96, Penguin

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