Best steps & problem Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.”

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Author:Donna Shalala

“Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own sort of narrow self-interest to do so.”

Self Whole Problem Able Interest Common Steps Democracy Addresses Self Interest

Author:Eli Pariser

“What we care about is, when faced with a problem and you're a member of a team, do you, at the appropriate time, step in and lead. And just as critically, do you step back and stop leading, do you let someone else?”

Problem Care Steps Team Members Appropriate Teamwork Team Building Appropriate Time

Author:Laszlo Bock

“It's feeling the sense of responsibility, the sense of ownership, to step in, to try to solve any problem - and the humility to step back and embrace the better ideas of others. Your end goal, is what can we do together to problem-solve. I've contributed my piece, and then I step back.”

Trying Ideas Ends Feelings Problem Together Goal Responsibility Steps Pieces Humility Embrace Solve Teamwork Ownership Sense Of Responsibility

Author:Laszlo Bock

“Each of is an arm of Kannon, enabling Kannon to do her work. Like her, we're also overwhelmed, but when we reallize that the millions of pieces are all operating as one, then there's no problem. The reason we get overwhelmed is that we're attached to a certain result or taht we want to achieve a certain result or that we to achieve a certain goal. If we weren't attached we wouldn't be overwhelmed. It's endless. And we just take one step after the next”

Ifs Want Reason Problem Certain Next Goal Results Compassion Steps Millions Pieces Achieve Arms Endless Overwhelmed No Problem Enabling Like Her

Author:Bernie Glassman

“I think we live in an era of problems that, if you step back and look at them globally, can't be solved. One response to that is, "Oh well, it's all hopeless. The natural world is getting wrecked, birds are disappearing, the planet is warming and so anything we might do on a smaller scale is meaningless."”

Ifs Thinking World Wells Looks Problem Might Natural Steps Planets Bird Response Disappear Scales Eras Hopeless Meaningless Natural World Oh Well

Author:Jonathan Franzen

“What had really caused the women's movement was the additional years of human life. At the turn of the century women's life expectancy was forty-six; now it was nearly eighty. Our groping sense that we couldn't live all those years in terms of motherhood alone was "the problem that had no name." Realizing that it was not some freakish personal fault but our common problem as women had enabled us to take the first steps to change our lives.”

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Author:Betty Friedan

“Nor do piecemeal steps however well intended, even partially resolve problems that have reached a universal, global and catastrophic character. If anything, partial 'solutions' serve merely as cosmetics to conceal the deep seated nature of the ecological crisis. They thereby deflect public attention and theoretical insight from an adequate understanding of the depth and scope of the necessary changes.”

“The most important step in getting a job done is the recognition of the problem. Once I recognize a problem I usually can think of someone who can work it out better than I could.”

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Author:Leo Szilard

“Although the problem of transmuting chemical elements into each other is much older than a satisfactory definition of the very concept of chemical element, it is well known that the first and most important step towards its solution was made only nineteen years ago by the late Lord Rutherford, who started the method of the nuclear bombardments.”

Source: Collected Papers: Italy 1921-1938

“Many politicians and pundits claim that the credit crunch and high mortgage foreclosure rate is an example of market failure and want government to step in to bail out creditors and borrowers at the expense of taxpayers who prudently managed their affairs. These financial problems are not market failures but government failure. ... The credit crunch and foreclosure problems are failures of government policy.”

“The Soviet Union has long been proposing to outlaw chemical weapons, to remove them from the arsenals of states. We are prepared for resolution of this problem either on a global basis or piece by piece. As one of the first steps the USSR and the other socialist countries proposed in January 1984 that agreement be reached on ridding Europe of all types of chemical weapons.”

“[We should] set our eyes on the future. The political differences between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan should eventually be solved step by step, and [we] can not let these problems hand on from generation to generation.”

Should Problem Hands Eye Political Differences Steps Generations Chinese Can Not Taiwan Political Differences

Author:Xi Jinping

“For thousands of years humankind's finest minds have been struggling with the theoretical problem of finding the forms that would give peoples the possibility, without the greatest of torment, without internecine strife, of living side by side in friendship and brotherhood. Practically speaking, the first step in this direction is only being taken now, today.”

Giving Years Mind Firsts Has Beens Problem Today Form Sides Steps Struggle Taken Possibility Findings Brotherhood First Steps Humankind Finest Strife Torment Theoretical

Author:Mikhail Kalinin

“The first step to dealing with a problem is admitting that you have a problem.”

Firsts Problem Steps First Steps Admitting

Author:Jase Robertson

“On several occasions, we are informed that the professional ideal 'took steps', 'organised assaults', and 'selected social problems'. But this is anthropomorphic metaphor implausibly masquerading as historical explanation.”

Book Problem Language Social Steps Ideals Historical Metaphor Occasions Explanation Assault Selected Social Problems Organised

Book:History in Our Time

Source: History in Our Time

“I guess my faith in Jesus Christ is what kept me going day by day. I just trusted in him and I believe that he's the one who gives me the strength and ability to overcome struggles and problems day to day. I'm just grateful for him, as he has blessed me with just an amazing family that has supported me through every step of the way.”

“All through time in Apple products, even from our very first ones, that's how he [Steve Jobs] looked at the world, that you don't really want a piece of technology, a certain type of chip. What you want is a solution to a problem in life, some cause, some issue that you want in your life that'll help you. And it's how do you make that almost one step - say it and it happens.”

“I see the main problem of my life, and indeed anybody's life, as the balancing of competitive freedoms ... a sense of mutual obligations that have to be honored, and a legal system which can be trusted to step in when that sense fails.”

Problem Justice Steps Failing Obligation Mutual Trusted Honored Legal System

Book:Woman as Artist and Thinker

Source: Woman as Artist and Thinker

“Illegal immigrants are already a very big problem for us. We are already taking big steps to disallow illegal immigrants from coming in.”

Problem Bigs Steps Immigrants Illegal Big Problems Illegal Immigrants

Author:Antonis Samaras

“I find focusing clearly on the problem is the first step to seeing a solution. The problem is (a) the insane amount of time spent raising money from (b) a freakishly tiny proportion of America. Basically .05% are the "relevant funders" of campaigns, meaning candidates can't help but be overly sensitive to the views of that tiny fraction relative to the rest of us. IF that's the problem, THEN the solution is to spread the funders out: to increase the range of us who are the relevant funders of elections, through schemes like vouchers or coupons given to every voter.”

“All personal achievement starts within the mind of the individual-knowing your problem is the first step in finding the solution.”

Mind Firsts Problem Individual Steps Knowing Achievement Findings Solutions First Steps Personal Achievement

Author:Napoleon Hill

“Actually solving the puzzles in the book isn't going to improve anyone's writing, but "trying to solve the puzzle" is one way to think about what a lot of us - writers and other artists - do every day. Step one is to recognize the problem, step two is deciding what constraints you want to impose or respect, and step three is finding a pleasing/surprising/exciting solution.”

Thinking Way Want Writing Trying Two Book Problem Artist Three Steps Findings Solutions Exciting Solve One Way Surprising Puzzles Constraints

Author:Peter Turchi

“The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved.”

Firsts Problem Steps First Steps Admitting

Author:Pete Seeger

“We don't have any intention whatsoever to use military force to solve the Palestinian problem. But when it comes to terror - when it comes to terror, I believe that military - the right military steps is a very, very complicated kind of warfare, where I make every effort not to escalate the situation.”

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Author:Ariel Sharon

“Well, I don't like the UK. I haven't ever been a fan of the pound (sterling), and even though they are taking some steps in the right direction - more so than the US - in addressing some of their problems, I still think they're doing it much too slowly. So, I think that the pound will continue to lose value relative to some of these other currencies. I ultimately expect the pound to rise against the dollar, but that's not the best way to take advantage of dollar weakness.”

“Writing lets you step back and think through a problem. Even the angriest rant forces the writer to achieve a degree of thoughtfulness.”

Thinking Writing Problem Force Steps Achieve Degrees Rant Thoughtfulness

Book:Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

Source: Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

“We know a great deal, but our ignorance is sobering and boundless. With each step forward, with each problem which we solve, we not only discover new and unsolved problems, but we also discover that where we believed that we were standing on firm and safe ground, all things are, in truth, insecure and in a state of flux.”

Knows States Problem Deals Steps Ignorance Safe Standing All Things Solve Firm Insecure Boundless Steps Forward Flux Unsolved Problems

Author:Karl Popper

“If P=NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no special value in “creative leaps,” no fundamental gap between solving a problem and recognizing the solution once it's found. Everyone who could appreciate a symphony would be Mozart; everyone who could follow a step-by-step argument would be Gauss; everyone who could recognize a good investment strategy would be Warren Buffett.”

“It is a common public relations gimmick to give the entire credit for the solution of famous problems to the one mathematician who is responsible for the last step.”

Giving Problem Lasts Science Common Steps Solutions Relation Responsible Mathematics Credit Mathematician Public Relations Gimmicks

Author:Gian-Carlo Rota

“If world problems feel too big to tackle, think small. Step by step. Small wins build confidence, lead the way to change.”

Ifs Thinking World Way Feels Problem Wisdom Bigs Winning Community Leadership Justice Steps Strategy Small Steps Building Confidence World Problems Small Wins

Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“I am certain that a solution of the general problem of peace must rest on broad and basic understanding on the part of its peoples. Great single endeavors like a League of Nations, a United Nations, and undertakings of that character, are of great importance and in fact absolutely necessary, but they must be treated as steps toward the desired end.”

Ends Character Facts Problem Certain Nations Understanding United Steps Solutions Importance Treated League Broads Endeavor United Nations Undertakings League Of Nations

Author:George C. Marshall

“The precise statement of any problem is the most important step in its solution.”

Important Problem Steps Solutions Statements Precise

Author:Ed Bliss

“While in the clinic, I discovered I had problems with concentration, motivation, attitude, and temper. I have found a new way of life through the clinic's program and a 12-step recovery plan.”

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Book:Don't Call Me Joey: The Wit and Wisdom of Albert Belle

Source: Don't Call Me Joey: The Wit and Wisdom of Albert Belle

“I'm sure there's some philosophy that says one of the best ways to deal with any of your problems is to take a deep breath and step away from them for a while, writing does this for me.”

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Author:Christopher Paul Curtis

“If a problem looks difficult, relax. If it looks impossible, relax even more. Then begin encouraging small changes, putting just enough pressure on yourself to move one turtle step forward. Then rest, savor, celebrate. Then step again. You’ll find that slow is fast, gentle is powerful, and stillness moves mountains.”

Ifs Looks Enough Problem Moving Difficult Powerful Steps Impossible Mountain Pressure Celebrate Gentle Relax Stillness Steps Forward Turtles Move Mountains Small Changes

Author:Martha Beck

“Every man who has an idol or admires someone can recognise its themes. It's not only a film about the relationship between fans and idols, it's also a love story, a story of a man who is depressed, who has problems in his relationship with his teenage step-children.”

Men Children Stories Problem Film Steps Fans Every Man Love Story Admire Theme Idols Teenage Recognise Step Children

Author:Eric Cantona

“I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.”

Feels Two Problem Might Steps Court Two Lives

Author:Roger Federer

“The first step of gratitude is to see the gift...if you are in the middle of difficulties and problems, how can you feel gratitude? You've got to fight to find the gift even in the difficulty...when you shift your perspective from the perspective of the mind because life will never make sense to your mind...mind is very logical and life is not. In order for life to make sense you've got to be out of your mind and you've got to be into your soul. When you begin to see life from the perspective of your soul then even in the midst of the worst of it you can see the gift.”

Ifs Feels Mind Firsts Soul Problem Life Is Order Fighting Steps Middle Worst Perspective Gratitude Difficulty Your Soul Make Sense Midst Logical First Steps

Author:Neale Donald Walsch

“The problem of money dogs our steps throughout the whole of our lives, exerting a pressure that, in its way, is as powerful and insistent as any other problem of human existence. And it haunts the spiritual search as well.”

Way Humans Wells Whole Problem Spiritual Powerful Existence Steps Our Lives Dog Pressure Human Existence

Author:Jacob Needleman

“When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems”

Problem Attitude Compassion Steps Gratitude International Giants

Author:Dalai Lama

“Socialism starts when government creates a problem, and then government steps in to solve the problem.”

Problem Government Steps Solve Socialism

Author:Carly Fiorina

“The people of Iran have been battling against consecutive conflicts between tradition and modernity for over 100 years... some have tried and are trying to see the world through the eyes of their predecessors and to deal with the problems and difficulties of the existing world by virtue of the values of the ancients... many others...seek to go forth in step with world developments and not lag behind the caravan of civilization, development and progress.”

“If it annoys you when team members ask about their next promotion or talk about other job opportunities in the industry, you have motivational problems in the making. You need to build a habit of proactively seeking employee interests and suggesting follow-up steps.”

Ifs Needs Problem Jobs Next Asks Opportunity Interest Steps Team Industry Habit Members Seeking Employee Annoying Promotion Suggesting Follow Up Team Member Job Opportunities

Author:Martin Zwilling

“After 25 years of buying and supervising a great variety of businesses, Charlie [Munger] and I have not learned how to solve difficult business problems. What we have learned is to avoid them. To the extent we have been successful, it is because we have concentrated on identifying one-foot hurdles that we could step over rather than because we acquired any ability to clear seven-footers.”

Years Has Beens Problem Difficult Ability Steps Successful Clear Feet Seven Solve Variety Buying Charlie Identifying Hurdle Business Problems

Author:Warren Buffett

“Capturing Saddam Hussein and ensuring that this brutal dictator will never return to power is an important step toward stabilizing Iraq for the Iraqis. Let's also be clear: Our problems in Iraq have not been caused by one man, and this is a moment when the administration can and must launch a major effort to gain international support and win the peace.”

Men Important Moments Problem Winning Effort Steps Support Clear Return Majors Gains International Iraq Administration One Man Brutal Dictator Saddam Hussein

Author:John F. Kerry

“Thought is not what inhabits a certain conduct and gives it its meaning; rather, it is what allows one to step back from this way of acting or reacting, to present it to oneself as an object of thought and to question it as to its meaning, its conditions, and its goals. Thought is freedom in relation to what one does, the motion by which one detaches from it, establishes it as an object, and reflects on it as a problem.”

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Author:Michel Foucault

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