Albert Schweitzer Quotes
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Do something wonderful; people may imitate it.
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a person while they live.
The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Do something wonderful; people may imitate it.
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.
Example is leadership.
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
Everyone must find their own path in life.
A person is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.
Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
Laws are not invented. They grow out of the instinctive sense of fairness and liberty.
Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue, and the chief executive must set the example.
It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.
The highest knowledge is to understand that we are surrounded by mystery.
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.
Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don’t live in worlds all of your own.
Success is not to be measured by how much money you make, but by how much of a positive impact you make in the lives of others.
Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
Success is not measured by what we achieve, but by the obstacles we overcome.
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a person while they live.
The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.