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Quote by Charles Kettering

“I could do nothing without my problems; they toughen my mind. In fact, I tell my assistants not to bring me their successes for they weaken me, but rather to bring me their problems, for they strengthen me.”

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Charles Kettering

Charles Kettering, born on August 29, 1876 and died on November 25, 1958, was an American inventor and engineer renowned for his innovations in the automotive and electrical industries. more

“It is impressive to see a person who has been battered by life in many ways, who is torn by a variety of unsolved problems, who may be alienated from many aspects of the self-but who is still fighting, still struggling, still striving to find the path to a fulfilling existence, moved by the wisdom of knowing, "I am more than my problems."”

Source: Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality

“Often a successful problem-solver is one who creates a new context in which to view the problem. This can often be done by directing one's attention away from the distracting details of the difficulty. From a detached perspective, we may examine the situation in a new or different light and, after exploring information and options, choose an appropriate course of action.”

May Different Done Problem Light Action Courses Views Attention Situation Successful Information Perspective Difficulty Details Appropriate Exploring Detached Often Is Problem Solvers

Author:John Templeton

“When a child encounters something he or she does not want, that child has all kinds of maneuvers to avoid it, such as crying, hiding, or fighting. . . Unless we are taught to face our problems directly and work through them, the pattern of avoidance will be repeated; it can be a natural, accepted way to act.”

Way Want Kind Children Doe Problem Faces Fighting Natural Cry Taught Patterns Accepted All Kinds Encounters Hiding Avoidance

Author:Tarthang Tulku

“Those who in this world have the courage to try and solve in their own lives new problems of life, are the ones who raise society to greatness.”

World Trying Problem This World Greatness Raises Solve

Book:Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India

“Don't hope for a life without problems. An easy life results in a judgmental and lazy mind.”

Mind Problem Easy Results Lazy Judgmental Easy Life

Author:Kyongho

“There is yet no ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it. Land, like Odysseus' slave-girls, is still property. The land-relation is still strictly economic, entailing privileges but not obligations.”