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“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them”
― Albert Einstein

“The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.”
― Albert Einstein

“A problem well put is half solved.”
― John Dewey

“A critic looking at these tightly focused, targeted interventions might dismiss them as Band-Aid solutions. But that phrase should not be considered a term of disparagement. The Band-Aid is an inexpensive, convenient, and remarkably versatile solution to an astonishing array of problems. In their history, Band-Aids have probably allowed millions of people to keep working or playing tennis or cooking or walking when they would otherwise have had to stop. The Band-Aid solution is actually the best kind of solution because it involves solving a problem with the minimum amount of effort and time and cost.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

“Leadership is self-made. People who have deliberately decided to become problems solver lead better.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

“It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.”
― George Pólya

“I have found the PROBLEM to the SOLUTION.”
― Amit Abraham

“The problems differ from generation to generation, but the qualities needed to solve them remain unchanged from world’s end to world’s end”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“When you confront a problem, you begin to solve it.”
― Rudy Giuliani

“For now, what is important is not finding the answer, but looking for it.”
― Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

“The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you are finished.”
― Nelson De Mille