Problems

A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words. Rachel Naomi Remen, MD – American author (b. 1938), from "Kitchen Table Wisdom" (1996), Quotations book 2021

Every problem you master helps you on in future – and gives you fresh strength. Stefanie Graf – German former tennis player (b. 1969), Quotations book 2022

If you want to make peace with an enemy, one must work with that enemy and that enemy becomes your partner. Nelson Mandela – South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, 1994-99 president, Nobel Peace Prize (1918-2013), froms his autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" (1994)

For the optimist life is not the problem but already the solution. attributed to Marcel Pagnol - French writer, playwrigt and director (1895-1974) Pour l"optimiste, la vie n"est pas un problème, mais une solution. attribué à Marcel Pagnol - écrivain, dramaturge et cinéaste français (895-1974)

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Henry Ford - American engineer and industrialist (1963-1947), quoted in "Reader"s Digest" (March 1934)

One of the greatest ways to avoid trouble is to keep it simple. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), at the "Wesco Financial" Annual meeting (2008)

You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023)

An optimist always finds a way – A pessimist always finds a dead end. Napoleon Hill - American writer: "Think And Grow Rich" (1883-1970)

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies and debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence...

It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), in an interview with "The Telegraph" ("My elephant gun is loaded", 22.9.2002), Quotations book 2020

Is there any ocean upon which a ship can sail in which it shall be quite sure that no storms will arise? Charles Haddon Spurgeon - English Baptist pastor (1834-1892), from his sermon #2098 "Where Are You Going?" (August 4th, 1889), Quotations book 2020

If you call a dog’s tail a "leg", how many legs does it have? Four, because calling a tail a "leg" doesn’t make it one. proverd, used by Abraham Lincoln – American politician, 1861-65 16th president (1809-1865), abolished slavery in 1863; the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield (Illinois) called his authorship most unlikely

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear. Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from "Pudd"nhead Wilson" (Chapter XII, 1894)

Good societies can survive people doing immoral things. But a good society cannot survive if it calls immoral things moral. Dennis M. Prager – American radio talk show host and writer, founder and president of "PragerU" (b. 1948)

‘I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent. wisdom of a former college president, quoted by Dwight David Eisenhower - American general and politician, 1953-61 34th president (1890-1969), in his address to the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Evanston, Illinois (Augsut 19,...

Especially whenever our affairs seem to be in crisis, we are almost compelled to give our first attention to the urgent present rather than to the important future. Dwight David Eisenhower - American general and politician, 1953-61 34th president (1890-1969), in his address to the Century Association (December 7, 1961)

It"s much easier to stay out of trouble now than to get out of trouble later. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), quoted in "The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros" (2013)

Do not pretend that things will change if we always do the same. The crisis is the best blessing that can happen to people and countries, because the crisis brings progress. Creativity is born from the distress, as the day is born from the dark night. It is in crisis that invention, discovery and large strategies are born. Who ever overcomes crisis, outdoes himself without being overcome. Who...