Albert Einstein Quotes
Browse 36 quotes from Albert Einstein, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.”
“The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size.”
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.”
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.”
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.”
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”
“He who is untrue to his own cause cannot command the respect of others.”
“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
“We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.”
“Truth is what stands the test of experience.”
“Out of clutter, find simplicity.”
“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
“When the solution is simple, God is answering.”
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
“The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.”
“I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”
“It's not that I'm so smart; it's just that I stay with problems longer.”
“Adversity introduces a man to himself.”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
“The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.”
“It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.”
“The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.”
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.”
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
