Another Quote by Carl Bernstein

We must never forget that human motives are generally far more complicated than we are apt to suppose, and that we can very rarely…

— Anonymous

Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.

— John Hawkes

It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another.

— Dag Hammarskjold

Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?

— Confucius

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

— Stephen C. Meyer

The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.

— Mason Cooley

One cannot live without motives. I have no motives left, and I am living.

— Anonymous

Motives come in many forms and change throughout our lives.

— Varsha Sharma

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

— Samuel Johnson

No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking…

— Carrie Fisher

I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings.

— Graham Greene

We are not more ingenious in searching out bad motives for good actions when performed by others, than good motives for bad actions when…

— Charles Caleb Colton