I do not mind that you are a girl. But the main thing is that you yourself do not mind. There is no reason for it.

Albert Einstein · To Myfanwy, a girl who had written to him, in 1946, after he had taken her name for a boy's.

The aim of education must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life achievement.

Albert Einstein · From his address on education at Albany, 15 October 1936.

We must learn the difficult lesson that the future of mankind will only be tolerable when our course, in world affairs as in all other matters, is based upon justice and law rather than the threat of naked power.

Albert Einstein · From his message for the Gandhi memorial service, 11 February 1948.

All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual toward freedom.

Albert Einstein · The opening of Moral Decay, a message to the YMCA, 11 October 1937.

More Confidence Quotes

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

The Bible · The source reads: “I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” · Psalm 139:14. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

It ain't what people call you. It's what you answer to.

Tyler Perry · Madea's line, from Tyler Perry.

I, too, am a painter!

Correggio · The source reads: “Anch'io sono pittore! I, too, am a painter!”

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“I do not mind that you are a girl. But the main thing is that you yourself do not mind. There is no reason for it.”

“The aim of education must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life achievement.”

“We must learn the difficult lesson that the future of mankind will only be tolerable when our course, in world affairs as in all other matters, is based upon justice and law rather than the threat of naked power.”

“All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual toward freedom.”

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”

“It ain't what people call you. It's what you answer to.”

“I, too, am a painter!”