Motives Quotes · Page 5

World events are the work of individuals whose motives are often frivolous, even casual.

— Gore Vidal

Building trust is key to discovering and understanding your buyers' motives.

— Grant Cardone

“Instruction would be wasted on me. Just to give me the form and I'll sign on the dotted line.”

— Evelyn Waugh

“When you constantly question the motives of others you can't see them in their truest form.”

— Jayce O'Neal

if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives.

— Twyla Tharp

Our motives and thoughts ultimately influence our actions.

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“motives for greed and selfishness are often attributed to toil and source of riches.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Everyone has motives. Let's acknowledge that and get on with the interesting part.

— Stephen C. Meyer

In 'Diary,' the motto really is: 'Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?' It coaches us to be aware of our motives and…

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of…

— James Madison

Politicians are usually the first to forget that if you assume someone else is acting in bad faith, they will do the…

— John Sununu

“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

“There is no better way to understand your own motives and dispositions than by finding someone to act as your opposite.       T”

— Jedediah Berry

I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

For months, Obama administration officials attacked Snowden's motives and said the work of the NSA was distorted by selective leaks and misinterpretations.

— Barton Gellman

I do think that sometimes you can invent more palatable or digestible reasons versions or reasons, when perhaps you don't want to…

— Adam Brody

And truly it demands something god like in him who has cast off the common motives of humanity, and has ventured to…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Since women ask me about male motives all the time, I can offer a bit of advice. If you feel like you're…

— Chris Noth

“Maybe sometimes the motive behind people’s terrorizing acts isn’t just because of their beliefs or past or some complex and twisted logic.…

— David Torres

Most people use two totally different sets of criteria for judging themselves versus others. We tend to judge others according to their…

— John C. Maxwell

“I have to wonder if you're not being slightly naive here. I mean, are you saying that you want nothing for people?…

— Tom Rachman

One of the things I found is that the things we want to say for well-intentioned motives often cause more harm than…

— Philip Yancey

The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put…

— Chauncey Wright

The most terrible of motives and the most unanswerable of responses: Because.

— Victor Hugo

“What is strange is that we may remember what we have done, but not always why we did it.”

— Gregory Maguire

Getting down to the nitty-gritty, most people are motivated by unconscious motives most of the time.

— Anonymous

“Upon examination of a people’s history, beware the story teller’s motives.”

— T.F. Hodge

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“In life, as in chess, it is always better to analyze one's motives and intentions.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate.

— H. L. Mencken

If the outcome is good, what's the difference between motives that sound good and good, sound motives?

— Laurence J. Peter

“Bitter people are not interested in what you say, but what you hide.”

— Shannon L. Alder

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.

— Thomas Mann

Hunger, love, vanity, and fear. There are four great motives of human action.

— William Graham Sumner

“Humble me so I do what is right. Break me so I cling to You. Expose me so my motives stay pure.”

— alisa hope wagner

You may not know my reasons, but you can assume I have them and be kind.

— Anonymous

Man acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations.

— Edmund Burke

Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit.

— Andre Gide

Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what we're doing.

— Joyce Meyer