Albert Einstein Quotes
28 quotes from Albert Einstein on investing, entrepreneurship and motivation.
On investing
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing it is stupid.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Try not to be a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career.
On entrepreneurship
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
On motivation
Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.
It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.
Imagination is the highest form of research.
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It's because of them I'm doing it myself.
You never fail until you stop trying.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.
Humor, motivations, moral, gods, energy, secrecy.
Coincidence is God's way of staying anonymous.
Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.