Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Charming creative problem solving quotes that are about decision making and problem solving
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had.


No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.
You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve or the ones you create.
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.

Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God.
The world we have created is a product of our thinking;
it cannot be changed without changing our thinking. If we want to change the world we have to change our thinking...no problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew.
The best thing that can happen to a human being us to find a problem, to fall in love with that problem, and to live trying to solve that problem, unless another problem even more lovable appears.

Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived.
Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
As much as 95% of quality related problems in the factory can be solved with seven fundamental quantitative tools.

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being.
God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you.
Make small commitments and keep them.
Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

The best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else solve theirs.
The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. The best way to respond to wrong is to do what's right. The better we know ourselves the less we'll criticize others. The bigger your problems, the bigger your prayer should be.
When you come across with a problem in your life, do not always try to solve it;
make a long jump like a kangaroo and continue your way! Sometimes problems must be leaped over without touching them!
I remain convinced that most human conflicts can be solved through genuine dialogue conducted with a spirit of openness and reconciliation.

If you had a free society you couldn't get people to go to war, if you had an intelligent type of upbringing in ones children. They would say; There must be many other ways of solving problems other then killing people.
Whatever your problem, it is but a test in love.
If you meet that test through love, your problem will be solved. If you do not meet that test through love, your problem will continue until you do! Your problem is your initiation in love.
At this very moment enormous numbers of intelligent men and women of goodwill are trying to build a better world. But problems are born faster than they can be solved.

It is difficulties that show what men are.
For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror; and this cannot be without toil.
Of course, China is a key to the North Korea if we're going to solve that riddle, but they could also be helpful on Iraq, which is why it's important that we maintain a constructive dialogue with China.
It is natural that people do not want to be involved with us too much.
There is no problem down to the smallest egotistical longing which the Gestapo cannot solve. Regarded in this way we are, if a joke is permitted, looked upon as a cross between a general maid and the dustbin of the Reich.

A great discovery solves a great problem, but there is a grain of discovery in the solution of any problem. Your problem may be modest, but if it challenges your curiosity and brings into play your inventive faculties, and if you solve it by your own means, you may experience the tension and enjoy the triumph of discovery.
Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.
You couldn't pay me enough to be a law enforcement officer.
Their job is a tough job. You have to solve people's problems, you have to baby-sit people, you have to always be doing this cat-and-mouse game with the bad guys. My respect for them is immense.

We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move forward together in dealing with all the problems that can best be solved only on a continental basis.
The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.
Pointing out that countless great mathematicians had tried to solve the problem and failed before you came along is in particularly bad taste and should be avoided completely.

No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form.
The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.
Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.
Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.
The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.
The young men in our city are not problems to be solved. They are opportunities to be unleashed.