Tim Cook Quotes

Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.

Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.

I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution.

The more constraints I have, the more opportunities I have to be creative to fix those constraints.

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

The best way to escape from your problem is to solve it.

Anything that could ever prevent me from achieving a goal, I put in a box, tape it up, throw it over my shoulder. You aim for a goal and attain it. Then you look to the next one.

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

To survive, you've got to keep wheedling your way. You can't just sit there and fight against odds when it's not going to work. You have to turn a corner, dig a hole, go through a tunnel - and find a way to keep moving.

When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?

The best way out is always through.

If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head.

I try to get to the heart of the issue, address it, and go on to the next thing.

Where there is a challenge there has to be a response.

You can have a bad opponent out there and still get the job done. You just have to work around certain things.

There's been way too much talk about all our problems.

You know you can usually solve almost any problem, or you'll realize you can't, but usually you can solve almost any problem through some sort of trickery one way or another and get the shot to work, but you know when to give up.

When you feel stuck and can't seem to move ahead, always remember that you don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going!

To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied.

If you are in front of a wall that you cannot get past, would you just keep banging your head into the wall?... No, you would find a new wall.

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible.

When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a discovery.

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.

If you want to look for obstacles, what's wrong is always available. But so is what's right!

There are no dead ends, just detours.