Understand Politics

“No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems - of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind.”
--Thomas Sowell

No Mistakes? Work Harder

“If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems.”
--Frank Wilczek

Most Problems

“Most problems can be quickly and efficiently eliminated by focusing on the vital few and ignoring the trivial many causes of the problems.”
--Joseph Juran

Opportunity's Clothes

“Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.”
--Henry J. Kaiser

Address Problems

“The reason people do not want to see or address problems is because it often takes time and effort to fix them and most of us are lazy.”
--Jeffrey Fry

Keep Going

“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. The desire and ability to press on has and always will solve the problems of the human race and divide those who achieve from those who might have been.”
--Jeffrey Fry

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Solve Problems

“Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.”
--Roger Lewin

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Fewer Excuses

“Successful people do not have fewer problems, they have fewer excuses.”
--Jeffrey fry

Winners and Losers

“Winners talk about the solutions. Losers talk about the problems.”
--Jeffrey Fry

Absent Problems

“Happiness is not the absence of problems. It’s the ability to deal with them.”
--Steve Maraboli

Great Opportunities

“We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”
--Lee Iococca

Attitude's Effect

“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but its effect will make it worth the effort.”
--Jeffrey Fry

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Problems Solved

“Success is a collection of problems solved.”
--I.M. Pei

Art of Questions

“In mathematics, as in life, the art of asking questions is more valuable than solving problems.”
--Georg Cantor

Personal Responsibility

“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise his will -- his personal responsibility.”
--Albert Schweitzer

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Free from Bias

“It is doubtless impossible to approach any human problems with a mind free from bias.”
--Simone de Beauvoir

The Long View

“A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.”
--Confucius

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Capable Of

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.“
--Mahatma Gandhi

Now Push You

“Wisdom comes when you realize the pain, people, or problems life used to produce you now push you.”
--Jeffrey Fry

Most Problems

“Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out.”
--Buddha