“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.”
James Cameron
Most of the effort in problem solving is in firstly correctly identifying the real problem. Once it has been identified, a problem becomes much easier to break down into chunks. Find 15 minutes each day to slowly work through an issue that you have been procrastinating about.
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
Henry David Thoreau
Problems aren’t something to be ignored in the hopes they will disappear. A new problem might be seen as a new opportunity to progress further to the common goal.
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
Winston Churchill
“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
Jim Rohn
Something to Ponder About 
That’s a great idea to work through a problem, working on it regularly.
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I feel it can make problems far more manageable and less intimidating, Anne.
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A good set of quotations
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Thanks Derrick. Was there one quote that stood out from the others?
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Probably the Jim Rohn – but they are all thought-provoking
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Never have problems, have challenges 🙂 🙂
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That is fantastic, Brian. What a positive outlook you must have!
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No use in being down Amanda 🙂
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Exactly. It serves no purpose.
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Amanda, good compilation. I have one to add – opportunity is often missed as it is dressed up as hard work. Keith
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Now that is true, Keith. How often do we set aside a task because it involves a lot of effort, time or enthusiasm we may not have at that moment. Somehow looking at it as an opportunity makes it sound far less daunting!
Thanks for your inspiring comment.
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I’m solving one problem tonight—cleaning the pantry.
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Thanks for the chuckle, Peggy. Do you often suffer from desires to clean or purge in the evening?
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Desire to clean? I started this is the morning and was determined to finish it before bed. It’s still not completely done. Maybe tomorrow.
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There is always tomorrow for cleaning duties!
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Excellent quotations! I especially like the one by James Cameron. As someone who, ahem, had a tendency to overreach, it cheered me up to read it.
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Thanks for the comment, Laurie. I tend to think there is still some kind of value in all our actions (sometimes we have to look really hard to find it), and that is what I think the quote encourages. If you are a person that overreaches, at least you won’t often suffer the lows of a lack of motivation.
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Your last sentence made me laugh. Good point! No, I don’t suffer from lack of motivation. 😉
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Didn’t think so!!
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I, too, love the Cameron quote. Low-hanging fruit are easy, but certainly not necessarily the best.
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Oh I do like that saying you mention, Dorothy. At times, any one of us can struggle with an incentive to work a little harder, stretch a little further, perservere through tough times, but those tough times make average quite sweet!
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They do indeed!❤️💕
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I love all those quotes. The one by James Cameron is my favorite. A failure may actually be a success if you look at the smaller accomplishments.
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I like the thought of a failure being an accomplishment. This puts a whole new slant on how we view a problem or on those moments when things go wrong. Life is a series of accomplishments, it’s only our minds and thoughts that determine if things are positive or negative
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Very wise and thought-provoking quotes. Thank you.
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Thanks so much for your kind comment, Donna. In a world slightly obsessed with success and perfection, I think it is helpful to contemplate a different perspective and quotes can at certain times, can potentially trigger that. Failures are not always something to dread.
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Great quotes, if I have trouble with solving a problem, I usually walk away do something else & then bam the answer hits me & the project is done quite quickly compared to the hour or two I spent struggling along. lol
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A great strategy. Letting the problem bake for a while is a good plan! Things get clearer in time. Even blog posts become clearer if they sit a while. Do you find that?
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Great post, excellent quotes.
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Thank you Ally
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Now that is true, Keith. How often do we set aside a task because it involves a lot of effort, time or enthusiasm we may not have at that moment. Somehow looking at it as an opportunity makes it sound far less daunting!
Thanks for your inspiring comment.
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