Immanuel Kant on Perseverance Quotes

"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men."

"The death of dogma is the birth of morality."

"A man who is not firm in his principles can never be a man of character."

"Character is the absolute well-groundedness of the will."

"Reason must approach nature not in the character of a pupil, but in that of an appointed judge."

"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."

"The moral law is a command that requires us to persist in our duty regardless of inclination."

"The will is the faculty of choosing only that which reason, independently of inclination, recognizes as practically necessary."

"The character of a man consists in his having a steady and firm will."

"Do what is right, though the world should perish."

"All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason."

"Ingratitude is the essence of vileness; gratitude is the essence of persistence in goodness."

"The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being."

"Without the constant application of the will, the mind wanders into vanity."

"The busy person is the one who has the most time for what is necessary."

"Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law."

"He who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him."

"Perseverance in a chosen course of action is the mark of a self-governing mind."

"Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature wild and must be broken in."

"The starry heavens above me and the moral law within me."

"Firmness in one's resolutions is the foundation of all virtue."

"Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands."

"Genius is the talent for inventing next to which must stand the judgment for choosing and the persistence for executing."

"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made."

"Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry heavens above and the moral law within."

"In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so."

"Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness."

"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."

"Inaugurate a way of thinking that is not easily shaken by the storms of life."

"Have the courage to use your own reason!"

"Freedom is the only warrant for the persistence of the human spirit."