I enjoy almost every quote that Albert Einstein has been associated with. Here are some of my favorites. Enjoy!
My Top 10...
"The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up."
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."
"Adversity introduces a man to himself"
"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."
"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value."
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death."
"Always do what's right; this will gratify some and astonish the rest"
More Life-Changing Points...
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change"
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
"Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere."
"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself."
"A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it."
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning."
"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
"Never memorize something that you can look up."
"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
"You never fail until you stop trying."
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"
"What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right."
"I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right."
"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough."
"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts."
"Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed."
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once."
"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
"Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them."
"We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak."
"If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions."
"The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before."
"However rare true love may be , it is less so than true friendship"
"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be."
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot."
"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."
"The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth."
"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He as been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice."
"Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none."
"Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature. "
"Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else."
"Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible"
"The only source of knowledge is experience."
"To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone."
"As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness."
"Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it."
"Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up."
"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."
"Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed."
"The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat."
"I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about."
"The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive."
Hopefully, you nodded your head or smiled... or both!