Don't become a seeker of success. Become a person of value.
Interpretation
Prioritize building your character and contributions rather than just chasing success.
This quote by Albert Einstein emphasizes the importance of focusing on becoming a person of value, suggesting that true worth comes not from the pursuit of success for its own sake, but from cultivating qualities and skills that enrich oneself and others. By developing a strong moral and ethical foundation, success will naturally follow as a byproduct of one's contributions to the world.
In practice
In a motivational speech about career paths, to inspire young professionals.
I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws. As I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science.
If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
I feel like I've given up a lot of my fantasies. I just want to do things differently, and to a lot of people that's annoying. I like weird stuff. I always hoped if we had a big success it would be on our own terms.
Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That's just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it... that's excellence.
The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow.
Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
An entrepreneur must deal with more uncertainty than a professional with a well-defined role.
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