Question Quotes

Wisdom is understanding when to ask questions.

Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson

A good question can reveal the next step.

Saul Wurman

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

Francis Bacon

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.

Helen Keller

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

Dr Seuss

You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability.

Michael J Gelb

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

Anton Chekhov

This is the main question, with what activity one’s leisure is filled.

Aristotle

Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.

Mark Twain

Ask yourself an interesting question and you’ve given your mind a puzzle to solve.

Warren Berger

The person who asks questions is more helpful than the person who offers advice.

James Clear

It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

Einstein

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

Peter F Drucker

Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.

Gandhi

The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Einstein

Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.

Rilke

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Albert Einstein

The knowledgeable person lives with a question mark, and the man of awe and wonder lives with an exclamation mark.

Rajneesh

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

Naguib Mahfouz

Perhaps the very best question you can memorize and repeat over and over is, ‘What is the most valuable use of my time right now?

Brian Tracy

A great piece of literature raises more questions than answers. A work of art is not literature if it only provides answers – it is propaganda.

The question is not: will today be a good day? Every day is a good day. The question is: how much good will you get out of today?

James Clear

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.

Hamilton Wright Mabie

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

Laura Bush

The most important question is not the sort of environment we have, but the kind of thoughts we think every day, the kind of ideals we are following…the kind of men and women we really are.

Helen Keller

Questions are answered as you move, not before you move. Moving forward with an answer that is partially correct will usually fill in the gaps faster than waiting until you come up with a plan that is perfectly correct.

James Clear

A good question can reveal the next step. It’s a creative act that leads to an epiphany, a clarity about something. Instead of testing people on what they know, test them on 100 topics, and come up with 100 questions.

~Saul Wurman

The questions you ask yourself will largely determine the answers you get. "Why am I not successful?" You'll get answers that berate you. "How can I succeed here?" You'll get answers that push you. Be deliberate in the questions you ask yourself.

Julie Gurner

If you know what you want to do and you do it, that's the work of a craftsman. If you begin with a question and use it to guide an adventure of discovery, that's the work of the artist. The surprises along the way can expand your work, and even the art form itself.

Rick Rubin

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

Albert Einstein