"A ship is safe at shore but..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
A ship is safe at shore but it's not built for that.
More by Albert Einstein
“My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature and by no other feeling. My love for justice and striving to contribute towards the improvement of human conditions are quite independent from my scientific interests.”
“You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.”
“Don't let the measurable drive out the relevant”
More on Purpose
“There is nothing wrong with retirement as long as one doesn't allow it to interfere with one's work.”
“At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."”
“Wood burns because it has the proper stuff for that purpose in it; and a man becomes renowned because he has the necessary stuff in him. Renown is not to be sought, and all pursuit of it is vain. A person may, indeed, by skillful conduct and various artificial means, make a sort of name for himself; but if the inner jewel is wanting, all is vanity, and will not last a day.”
More on Growth
“When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.”
“Do something you hate every day, just for the practice.”
“Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.”