Tough Problems Quotes:

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

- Truman Capote

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

topic: Inspirational, Success, Perseverance, Failure In Life, Inspirational Adversity

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

- Duke Ellington

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Solved Problems, Jazz Musician

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

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

topic: Life, Positive, Future, Overcoming Challenges, Lump In The Throat

Problems are guidelines, not stop signs!

- Robert H. Schuller

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

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Moving On, Solved Problems, Having A Bad Day

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

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Men, Trials, Inspirational Achievement, Inspirational Adversity

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

topic: Expectations, Tough, Problem, Tough Problems

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

topic: Rely Upon, Clarity Of Purpose, Issues, Governors, Tough Problems

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

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

topic: Life, Jesus, Thinking, Tough Problems

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

- Albert Einstein

topic: Simple, Tough, Problem, Tough Problems

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

- Bill Gates

topic: Tough Problems

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

- Jon Kyl

topic: Children, Real, Mean, Tackling, Tough Problems

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

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

topic: Determination, Mean, Tasks, Every Second, Tough Problems

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

topic: Teacher, People, Effort, Maximum Effort, Parents And Teachers

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

- W. Clement Stone

topic: Funny, Uplifting, Congratulations, Tough Problems

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

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Success, Success Is Measured, Success Is Not Measured

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

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

topic: Matter, Spirit, Tough, Tough Problems