True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
This is the constitutional limitation of man's knowledge and interests, the fact that he cannot know more than a tiny part of… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe. — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
We can at least try to understand our own motives, passions, and prejudices, so as to be conscious of what we are… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Extend the sphere and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In later years, it was common, and I was guilty in this respect, to question the motives of those who joined the… — Sean Lemass Copy Share Image
In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions. — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
Motive may be inferred only when the stimuli in the agent's environment are open to view and the influences leading an agent… — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
Faith is the power, obedience is the price, love is the motive, the Spirit is the key and Christ is the reason. — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotism, is derived from a strong sense of our own interest in the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
White Americans must be made to understand the basic motives underlying Negro demonstrations. Many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations are boiling inside… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is possible to be honest every day. It is possible to live so that others can trust us-can trust our words,… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
There is laughter that goes so far as to lose all touch with its motive, and to exist only, grossly, in itself.… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
How frequently is the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or shrug! How many good and generous… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
The ulterior motives with which you absorb and assimilate Evil are not your own but those of Evil. The animal wrests the… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Animosity towards the merchant class has been around for centuries. Why? The goal of making a profit is quite obviously a self-serving… — James Cook Copy Share Image
In the 'in-itself' there is nothing of 'causal connections', of 'necessity', or of 'psychological non-freedom'; there the effect does not follow the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The experience of helping a fellow man in danger, or even of training in a realistic manner to be ready to give… — Kurt Hahn Copy Share Image
The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
In a true community we will not choose our companions, for our choices are so often limited by self-serving motives. Instead, our… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
We in America count on the profit motive to get people to do the right thing. That's our basic American notion when… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
Once you let yourself begin to be grown-up, you face a world full of problems you can't solve. The politicians and specialists… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
