Quotes about inspiration
inspirational character angel
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. Albert Einstein
inspirational life thank-you
Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.
inspirational motivational positive
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
inspirational music spiritual
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
inspirational humble men
Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.
inspirational spiritual successful
If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
inspirational spiritual atheist
Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
inspirational life moving-on
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
inspirational god spiritual
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.
inspirational life reflection
Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
inspirational spiritual hate
I love Humanity but I hate humans
inspirational inspiring spiritual
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
inspirational positive inspiring
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
inspirational education learning
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
inspirational life motivational
You never fail until you stop trying.
inspirational spiritual children
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
inspirational lonely clever
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
inspirational positive leadership
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
inspirational funny motivational
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
inspirational inspiring success
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
inspirational hope spiritual
If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
inspirational life being-yourself
Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
inspirational thinking want
The thinking that got us to where we are is not the thinking that will get us to where we want to be.
inspirational life motivational
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.
inspirational wise spiritual
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
inspirational spiritual light
God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.
inspirational inspiring photography
In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. Alfred Stieglitz
inspirational humble ideas
Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling. Alfred North Whitehead
inspirational truth science
There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays to the devil.
inspirational thank-you wise
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
inspirational should pupils
Education should turn out the pupil with something he knows well and something he can do well.
inspirational courage crazy
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
inspirational life doe
Religion is what a person does in his solitariness.