David Hilbert Quotes

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

A policy needs a clear goal.

You can not achieve an aim unless you have a method.

Be clear about what you want to accomplish, and whether the circumstances surrounding you are actively helping you toward the goal.

If you don't clarify your goal, you'll never identify the best approach.

Plan. Yes. Good idea. I should come up with a plan.

Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going to achieve it. In the military we are taught never to go for a single answer, no matter how obvious that might be.

We need to have a plan equal to the challenge.

The game of chess is a metaphor for life... it teaches you strategy and it teaches you the value of knowing where you are, where you want to get to and what obstacles are in the way that you need to navigate in order to get there.

Our job is not to figure out the 'how'. The 'how' will show up out of the commitment and believe in the 'what

Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning.

We are on the right track to the 21st century. We are on the right track, but our work is not finished. What should we do? First, let us consider how to proceed. I say the question is no longer, "Who's to blame?" but "What to do?"

Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.

It's important to think big, but you've got to work small.

Success is never accidental.

The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made.

Life is about strategy nottragedy. Make the best one.

If you spend a lot of time thinking about your problems, they'll grow bigger and stronger. Is that what you want? Of course not!Instead, focus on your goals. Start your day with them at the front of your mind, and use notes to recall them strategically throughout your day.

Clear intentions and clear purpose begets clear results.

Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.

Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

I sit and think with a drink about how I'm gonna win.

Sometimes I do have something in my head. But, for me, I think it usually ends up being about considering all of the elements, and trying to understand the distance from where we are to where we want to go.

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and it seems logical to you, you can do it. And that was the secret to success.

When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.