Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination. — Charlotte Lennox Copy Share Image
What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it. — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
We would be ashamed of our best behavior if the people knew the motives of our behaving so. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“It helps that I know God’s motives are good even when he allows bad things to happen.” — Lynette Eason Copy Share Image
A common fallacy: to imagine a measure will be easy because we have private motives for desiring it. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The most terrible of motives and the most unanswerable of responses: Because. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“What is strange is that we may remember what we have done, but not always why we did it.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It saddens me when public officials and bureaucrats are criticized for ulterior motives, none of which I have ever found in a… — Michael K. Powell 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
“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
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
“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
Apart from selfish reasons, such as fear of punishments, fear of blame, of dishonour, etc, there remains only two motives that can… — African Spir Copy Share Image
The motives to actions and the inward turns of mind seem in our opinion more necessary to be known than the actions… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
You can drive yourself crazy trying to peer into a person's soul--or you can do the sensible thing: ask not what inner… — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
The next humans to walk on the moon may be Chinese. Only China seems to have the resources, the dirigiste government, and… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
When you look at a character and you're like, "Wow, that's really unexplored terrain for me and there's a lot happening here… — Hoon Lee Copy Share Image
“When the people we meet demonstrate that their presence brings value, consideration, or contribution, we are much more likely to be open,… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“We ought to take what our Master has given us and return it to Him with interest (Matt. 25:26–27). But ambition can… — Hannah K. Grieser Copy Share Image
Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is remarkable how I am never quite clear about the motives for any of my decisions. Is that a sign of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“It can also be useful to politics, enabling that science to discover how much of it is no more than verbal construction,… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“The aim is to love God because the pure heart loves loving God and because the true mind knows He deserves it.… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
When we think of a criminal, we imagine someone with criminal motives. And when we look at Eichmann, he doesn't actually have… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Getting down to the nitty-gritty, most people are motivated by unconscious motives most of the time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Upon examination of a people’s history, beware the story teller’s motives.” — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
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
“In life, as in chess, it is always better to analyze one's motives and intentions.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused. — Graham Greene 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
“motives for greed and selfishness are often attributed to toil and source of riches.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
