Immanuel Kant Quotes
Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
Always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end.
Only the person who is aware of their own fallibility can truly be wise.
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
The two things I cherish most in my life are books and friends.
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
The business of the understanding, when it has the mere appearances before it, is, from them, to produce understanding.
A man’s actions should not destroy the dignity of humanity.
The death of a close relative is one of the hardest events in life to bear. It undermines the foundation of our existence, and we are reminded of our own mortality.
Through the beautiful we elevate our spirits and approach the divine.
The individual is responsible for his own happiness and should not rely on others to bring it into his life.
In a world where everyone is striving for happiness, it is important to remember that true happiness comes from within.
The worst kind of slavery is that in which we are denied the opportunity to think for ourselves.
It is in the nature of human beings to always strive for something greater, to constantly seek improvement.
To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
The best revenge is massive success.
The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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 only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.