The value of achievement lies in the achieving.
Interpretation
The true worth of success is found in the process of achieving it, not just the end result.
This quote by Albert Einstein emphasizes that the journey of achieving something is where the real value lies. It suggests that the experiences, challenges, and growth encountered while working towards a goal are more significant than merely obtaining the achievement itself. This perspective encourages individuals to appreciate the effort and learning that come with striving for success.
In practice
This quote would be great to share during a graduation ceremony to emphasize the importance of the experiences gained in school.
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.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
I feel that I had been rescued from the gutter by America. One day I was under the gutter, chased by police, thinking dogs were going to get me. I laid there listening to the dogs and the gutter. The next day, there I am standing on the Olympic platform, and you hear the anthem. I was proud.
It takes sacrifice as well as talent.
I'm very comfortable with the idea of there being late bloomers, and for me, of course, there's no difficulty at all in the way that I think of talent and achievement and so on.
Why was I able to be able to pass? What did I do right that allowed me to make a pass - any given pass? There's balance; there's vision.
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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