Albert Einstein Quotes
Browse 53 quotes from Albert Einstein, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
“If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, you don't understand it yourself.”
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
“The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.”
“We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
“Out of clutter, find simplicity.”
“Play is the highest form of research.”
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.”
“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
“If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.”
“Once you stop learning, you start dying.”
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
“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.”
“Failure is success in progress.”
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it's stupid.”
“The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size.”
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.”
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
“He who is untrue to his own cause cannot command the respect of others.”
“When the solution is simple, God is answering.”
“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.”
“It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.”
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
“Adversity introduces a man to himself.”
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
“Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow.”
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.”
“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”
“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.”
“It's not that I'm so smart; it's just that I stay with problems longer.”
“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt.”
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
“Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.”
“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn't, pays it.”
“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”
“I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”
“The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.”
“Nothing happens until something moves.”
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.”
