Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments. — Sidney Hook Copy Share Image
When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty clothes of… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“All the motives for murder are covered by four Ls: Love, Lust, Lucre and Loathing.” — P.D. James Copy Share Image
Islamist-jihadist terrorism-a plague that has spread to almost every corner of the world-creates painful dilemmas for the peoples and decision makers who… — Boaz Ganor Copy Share Image
The horror of Gandhi's murder lies not in the political motives behind it or in its consequences for Indian policy or for… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself. — Anonymous 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
Prayer is not an agency by which my will is to be accomplished upon the earth. The purpose of prayer is to… — Chuck Smith Copy Share Image
What's stronger-the need to uphold the law, or the motive to turn one's back on it? — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
What we must remember, however, is that preservation of liberties does not depend on motives. A suppression of liberty has the same… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Showing kindness causes oxytocin release in the recipient that motives him or her to be kind to others. You can start this… — Paul J. Zak Copy Share Image
Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Christ wishes the Christian Community to be a body that is perfect because we work together towards a single end, and the… — Katharine Drexel Copy Share Image
However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that… — Ira Remsen Copy Share Image
I came from the time of so-called New Criticism - the poem in itself, the writing in itself - but around that… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
I suspect it is for one's self-interest that one looks at one's surroundings and one's self. This search is personally born and… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
I invest because I love helping entrepreneurs and watching them learn and succeed. In my opinion your motives are driven by self… — Ron Conway Copy Share Image
The main thing in measuring integrity is someone's motive and intent, not how many records they sell. Our intent in Ministry was… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the… — Archibald Alexander Copy Share Image
