We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Instruction would be wasted on me. Just to give me the form and I'll sign on the dotted line.” — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“When you constantly question the motives of others you can't see them in their truest form.” — Jayce O'Neal Copy Share Image
World events are the work of individuals whose motives are often frivolous, even casual. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Building trust is key to discovering and understanding your buyers' motives. — Grant Cardone Copy Share Image
I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused. — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Everyone has motives. Let's acknowledge that and get on with the interesting part. — Stephen C. Meyer Copy Share Image
“motives for greed and selfishness are often attributed to toil and source of riches.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't speculate about the motives - the political motives of the political motives of personal attacks. — Alejandro Mayorkas Copy Share Image
The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires. These are the cause of action. — Raymond Holliwell Copy Share Image
Even if people are suspicious of the motives I think that learning and speaking two languages can only be a good thing… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
“If you give to get something, you’re not giving, you’re trading. Your motives are second in importance only to your actions” — Jose Silva Jr Copy Share Image
I also try to weigh my motives. Am I doing what I'm doing because it's what God desires, or because I'm afraid… — Tricia Goyer Copy Share Image
It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to… — David Livingstone Copy Share Image
Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Secrecy can spring from the best motives; but as it grows it begins to exist only for itself, only for its own… — Christopher Dodd Copy Share Image
“how could I have been so naive before, thinking perhaps everyone had good motives, that everyone has a good side to them,… — Lotus Rose Copy Share Image
“I didn't have a motive. I didn't to it. You did. What are you writing?" " Motive - Don't know. " "What… — Pamela Branch Copy Share Image
Many ... begin to make converts from motives of charity, but continue to do so from motives of pride. ... Charity is… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
For me, a big part of writing psychological thrillers is choosing crimes committed for motives which would only apply to a particular… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I'm a person who really likes to understand motives - the inner motives and the inner personalities of persons. Why do people… — Dror Moreh Copy Share Image
The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“Finding this, she was much perplexed as to Henchard's motives in opening the matter at all; for in such cases we attribute… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact; and the public stock of honest manly principle will daily accumulate. We are… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“I won't sacrifice my characters morals/intentions/motives for the sake of what I believe is right or wrong. If the action fits the… — James DeSantis Copy Share Image
“We reflect God's character the most when we give freely of ourselves with no strings attached, no secret motives, no hidden agenda.” — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Annihilation, they say, is the product of our motives. But since the dawn of time our purpose and impulse was to destroy. — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Whatever be the motives which induce men to write,--whether avarice or fame,--the country becomes more wise and happy in which they most… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“Motives are not only the fine china of plausible desires and honest hurt. They are also the steel and high explosives of… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
Politicians are usually the first to forget that if you assume someone else is acting in bad faith, they will do the… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
“People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.” Within” — Kevin Nichols Copy Share Image
“If you press people to identify the motives behind their self-interest it usually boils down to four items: money, power, status, and… — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I sort of assume everyone has ulterior motives. People aren't necessarily like that, but I'm a paranoid person. — Alex G Copy Share Image
