50+ Famous Albert Einstein Quotes:

Famous Albert Einstein Quotes blue bullet point Are you looking for some famous quotes by Albert Einstein to use for your science class, educational publications, or social media?

blue bullet point 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.


Famous Quotes By Albert Einstein blue bullet point 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.

blue bullet point 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.

Below you will find 51 teacher Albert Einstein quotes.
There are 11 FREE posters to download on this page.

For your convenience, my list of Albert Einstein quotes is in alphabetical order.


On this page, you will find more than 50 Albert Einstein Quotes. blue bullet point For some of the quotes on this page, I have designed a one page printable poster that you can download for free.

blue bullet point 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.

blue bullet point 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."


link underline


"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."

Famous Einstein Quotes - Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.

Download this PDF file below:
(one page printable poster)

PDF: "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."


link underline


"Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics.
I can assure you mine are still greater."

Albert Einstein Quotes - Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.



link underline


"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school."


link underline


"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."


link underline


"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted."


link underline


"Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach."


link underline


"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."


link underline


"I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious."


link underline


"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."


link underline


"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

Albert Einstein Quotes - If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.

Download this PDF file below:
(one page printable poster)

PDF: "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."


link underline


"I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple."

Famous Einstein Quotes - I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.



link underline


"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."


link underline


"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones"


link underline


"I love to travel, but hate to arrive."


link underline


"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

Famous Albert Einstein Quotes - Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.

Download this JPG image below:
(408px X 408px)

JPG: "Imagination is more
important than knowledge."
Download this PDF file below:
(one page printable poster)

PDF: "Imagination is more
important than knowledge."


link underline


"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."


link underline


"I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."

Albert Einstein Teaching Quotes - I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.



link underline


"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."


link underline


"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."


link underline


"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."


link underline


"I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right."


link underline


"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."

Albert Einstein Teaching Quote - It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.



link underline


"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."


link underline


"It would be better if you begin to teach others only after you yourself have learned something."


link underline


"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
The important thing is not to stop questioning."


link underline


"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving."

Einstein Quote - Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.


link underline


"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."

Einstein Quotes - Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.

Download this PDF file below:
(one page printable poster)

PDF: "Look deep into nature,
and then you will understand
everything better."


link underline


"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."


link underline


"Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them."


link underline


"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."


link underline


"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."

Einstein Quotes - 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.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.



link underline


"Peace cannot be kept by force;
it can only be achieved by understanding."

Albert Einstein Quotes - Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.

Download this PDF file below:
(one page printable poster)

PDF: "Peace cannot be kept by force;
it can only be achieved
by understanding."


link underline


"Politics is more difficult than physics."


link underline


"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means."


link underline


"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."


link underline


"Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty."


link underline


"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."


link underline


"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."


link underline


"The most precious things in life are not those you get for money."


link underline


"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."


link underline


"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."


link underline


"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."


link underline


"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."


link underline


"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."


link underline


"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."


link underline


"We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility."


link underline


"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."


link underline


"We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us."


link underline


"Why is it that nobody understands me, yet everybody likes me."


link underline


"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions."

Famous Einstein Quotes - Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.

Albert Einstein Quotes: Download a free graphic and poster for this quote below.

Download this PDF file below:
(one page printable poster)

PDF: "Your imagination is your
preview of life's coming attractions."



Check out these 6 unique, fun, and creative projects that you can use with your students in a unit of study about Albert Einstein.

Biography Newspaper Project


Biography NonFiction Book Report Newspaper Book Report Projects

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.

Project Measurements:
Width = 12 inches Height = 18 inches

$4.99
 Add to Cart

Click below for more information about:
Biography Newspapers (nonfiction)


Character Body Book Report


Main Character Body Book Report Projects Fun and Creative Ideas

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.

Project Measurements:
Width = 18+ inches Height = 18+ inches

$4.99
 Add to Cart

Click below for more information about:
Character Body Book Report Projects



Movie Camera Book Report


Movie Camera Book Report Project Writing Templates

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

$4.99
 Add to Cart

Click below for more information about:
Movie Camera


Birthday Cake Book Templates


Main Character Happy Birthday Cake and Party Book Report Projects

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

$4.99
 Add to Cart

Click below for more information about:
Birthday Cake



Extra Large Wanted Poster


Wanted Poster Book Report Projects: Ideas and Examples of Fun Templates

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

$4.99
 Add to Cart

Click below for more information about:
Extra Large Wanted Poster Projects


Character Vacation Suitcase


Main Character Vacation Suitcase Book Report Project

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

$4.99
 Add to Cart

Click below for more information about:
Character Vacation Suitcase Projects




Are you looking for some fun book report project ideas?

Fun Book Report Project Ideas For Elementary School Teachers and Students

Click here to view over 25 unique book report projects
that will help you to engage your students in reading this year.


Thumb Tacks

Join Us On Facebook

If you are interested in seeing educational quotes each day, I would suggest joining Unique Teaching Resources' Facebook group.


Every day on our Facebook page, I post inspiring and funny quotes for teachers, as well as links to other educational websites, videos, and current events related to the teaching profession.

Click the "Like" button below to join our
Facebook group of teachers from around the world.

Thank you for joining our Facebook teaching community! Heidi


Heidi's Sharing and Copyright Policy

On this page, you will find more than 50 Albert Einstein Quotes.
blue bullet point Please feel free to share the graphics that I have designed that are found on this page on Facebook, your blog, or your other social media pages.

blue bullet point I would appreciate it if you would please provide a link and photo credit back to this page if you share these graphics on your own website or social media pages.

blue bullet point It is unethical to alter the graphics or delete my website's name from the graphics found on this Albert Einstein quotes page.

blue bullet point If you want to use these graphics on Pinterest, I have provided a Pin-It button below each graphic to make it easier for you to share them on Pinterest.

blue bullet point I will be adding more graphics and Albert Einstein quotes to this page during the school year, so please check back here from time to time.

Thank you for sharing these graphics in an ethical manner.


yellow pencil

Are you interested in viewing my other
pages of education and motivational quotes,
as well as many quotes by famous people?

Click on one of the links below to take you to a specific category of quotes.

Quotes About Education, Teachers, and School:

General Topic Quotes:

Famous People Quotes:


blue pencil

Quotes About Education For School Teachers

Thank you for visiting my Albert Einstein Quotes page.

Please be sure to check out the other pages on Unique
Teaching Resources
for a large variety of fun lesson plan activities
that will engage your students in learning and save you valuable time.

Heidi McDonald

Creator and Website Manager
Unique Teaching Resources


Engage Your Students In Learning


red pencil


Click here to leave this page: Albert Einstein Quotes
and go to my home page: Unique Teaching Resources


Return to Unique Teaching Resources Home Page


Unique Teaching Resources Facebook Page


Click here to follow Heidi and Unique Teaching Resources on Pinterest!



[?] Subscribe To This Site

XML RSS
follow us in feedly
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Subscribe with Bloglines

Click here to see the items in your shopping cart.

orange underline

Let's Stay Connected!

Click here to join Unique Teaching Resources on Facebook!

To join our fun
Facebook community
of over 118,000 teachers,
click the "Like" button below.


Click here to join our Facebook teaching community.Click here to follow our Pinterest boards.

"Teachers Have Class!" Newsletter

Click below to sign up for Teachers Have Class Newsletter
Click Here to Subscribe
Your Free Gift

orange underline

green underline

Roald Dahl Lesson Plans and Fun Group Projects

Click on the book titles
below to view each project.


orange underline




green underline

Fun Projects and Lesson Plans For Childrens Books

Click on the book titles
below to view each project.

Click here to view this unique cheeseburger book report project.


Click here to view this yummy sandwich book report project.

More Book Report Projects:

- Monopoly Gameboard
- Main Character Body
- Wanted Poster
- Biography Newspaper
- Castle
- Butterfly
- Caterpillar
- Dive Into Reading Fish
- *View All Projects*

70% Off Value Pack
28 Book Report Projects
+ 14 Free Gifts


orange underline

Click Here to Save 60 Percent on 28 Book Report Projects Value Pack

green underline