Action Quote by Carolyn Porco

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is

— Van Hartmann

Motivation is motive in action.

— Denis Waitley

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

— Charles Darwin

An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end…

— Richard Whately

The key to motivation is motive.

— Stephen Covey

It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the…

— Thomas Reid

Motives are causes experienced from within.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

— Leonardo da Vinci

An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge.

— Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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

— John Hawkes

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior.

— Denis Waitley

Behavior is motivation filtered through opportunity.

— Clay Shirky