Are you looking for some famous quotes by Albert Einstein to use for your science class, educational publications, or social media?
On this page, you will find many quotes by Einstein to use for your lesson plans, on your Facebook page, Pinterest, teaching blogs, or to Tweet.
You'll discover some inspiring Einstein quotes below that are related to science, learning, and the
environment.
Please note that I have selected the Albert Einstein quotes that are found on
this page of Unique Teaching Resources specifically with school teachers in mind. You will find
other websites that contain lists of Albert Einstein quotes, but they will
not be focused primarily on quotes related to educational topics.
For some of the quotes listed on this page, I have designed a one page poster that you can download for free.
You can print these free Einstein posters and display them on your chalkboard/whiteboard, or you can create a bulletin board
display in your classroom that features this famous scientist.
For your convenience, my list of Albert Einstein quotes is in alphabetical order.
For some of the quotes on this page, I have designed a one page printable poster that you can download for free.
You can print these free posters and display them on a
chalkboard, whiteboard, or a bulletin board in your classroom.
You may also want to display these inspiring quotes in the staff room at your school.
I will be designing more graphics for these Albert Einstein quotes during the school year and adding them to this page,
so please check back here from time to time.
| "A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future." |
| "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." |
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| "Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater." |
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| "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." |
| "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." |
| "Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." |
| "Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach." |
| "Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds." |
| "I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious." |
| "If A is a success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut." |
| "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." |
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| "I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple." |
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| "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." |
| "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones" |
| "I love to travel, but hate to arrive." |
| "Imagination is more important than knowledge." |
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| "I'm enough of an artist to draw freely on my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the world." |
| "I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn." |
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| "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." |
| "Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them." |
| "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." |
| "I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right." |
| "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." |
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| "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." |
| "It would be better if you begin to teach others only after you yourself have learned something." |
| "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." |
| "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." |
| "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." |
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| "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." |
| "Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them." |
| "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." |
| "Our task must be to free ourselves ... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty." |
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| "Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding." |
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| "Politics is more difficult than physics." |
| "Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means." |
| "Taken on the whole, I would believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit...not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in what we believe is evil." |
| "Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty." |
| "The ideals which have guided my way, and time after time have given me the energy to face life, have been kindness, beauty, and truth." |
| "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." |
| "The most precious things in life are not those you get for money." |
| "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." |
| "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." |
| "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." |
| "To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window." |
| "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." |
| "Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." |
| "We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility." |
| "We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive." |
| "We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us." |
| "Why is it that nobody understands me, yet everybody likes me." |
| "Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." |
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Nonfiction Book Reports: Your students will enjoy designing their own newspapers, being newspaper editors, and writing articles, cartoons, and a timeline about Albert Einstein.
Note: This fun newspaper book report project can be used by your students to complete a biography about any famous person.
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Biography Newspapers (nonfiction)
Your students will love designing large character body projects about Albert Einstein and writing a biography about his life and his inventions using this fun project.
Note: This unique project is also ideal to use for a biography book report about any famous person or for the main character in a fiction book.
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Character Body Book Report Projects
Your students will enjoy being movie directors as they they direct a film about Albert Einstein. They will enjoy choosing set locations, costumes, props, and actors for their movies about Albert Einstein.
Note: This movie camera project is also ideal to use for a biography book report about any famous person or for the main character in a fiction book.
Project Measurements:
Width = 17 inches Height = 15 inches
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Movie Camera
Your students will have a great time planning a birthday party for the Albert Einstein! For this project, students choose the location of the party, the guests to invite, food, gifts, and the games played at Einstein's birthday party.
Note: This unique project is also ideal to use for a biography book report about any famous person or for the main character in a fiction book.
Project Measurements:
Width = 9 inches Height = 17 inches
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Birthday Cake
Your students will WANT to use their imaginations to complete this extra large wanted poster. They will enjoy creating a crime that Albert Einstein could have committed (related to science or math) and why he could be wanted by the police.
Note: This unique project is also ideal to use for a biography book report about any famous person or for the main character in a fiction book.
Project Measurements:
Width = 12 inches Height = 18 inches
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Extra Large Wanted Poster Projects
Main Character Vacation Suitcase Book Reports: This project involves research skills as students select and research a country that they think that the Albert Einstein would enjoy visiting. Students write about their adventures traveling to this country with Einstein.
Note: This unique project is also ideal to use for a biography book report about any famous person or for the main character in a fiction book.
Project Measurements:
Width = 11 inches Height = 23 inches
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Character Vacation Suitcase Projects
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