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It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to whom our lives… — David Livingstone
The systematic study of mass psychology revealed to students the potentialities of invisible government of society by manipulation of the motives which actuate man in… — Edward Bernays
It is the distinguishing glory of Christianity not to rest satisfied with superficial appearances, but to rectify the motives, and purify the heart. — William Wilberforce
If you seek His help, be sure your life is clean, your motives are worthy, and you're willing to do what He asks-for He will… — Richard G. Scott
All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments in a man are of no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him for the better… — Henry Ward Beecher
Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs… — Charles W. Chesnutt
Many of us knock on the door but remain outside, because knocking and entering are entirely different actions. Knocking is necessary, consisting of reading books,… — Vernon Howard
If the outcome is good, what's the difference between motives that sound good and good, sound motives? — Laurence J. Peter
Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When the motives of artists are profound, when they are at their work as a result of deep consideration, when they believe in the importance… — Robert Henri
Psychopaths view any social exchange as a ‘feeding opportunity,’ a contest or a test of wills in which there can be only one winner. Their… — Robert D. Hare
Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves all… — Joseph Lancaster
The philanthropist, the politician, and the pimp are inevitably found in alliance because they have the same motives, they seek the same ends, to exist… — Isabel Paterson
Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or… — Lajos Kossuth
Take a good long look at human beings in their actual practices and motives; bring the utmost psychological and bio-economic factors to bear on making… — Kenny Smith
In later years, it was common, and I was guilty in this respect, to question the motives of those who joined the new British armies… — Sean Lemass
If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will… — Edward Bernays
It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things,… — Ferdinand Christian Baur
Many pray for the power of God. More every year. Those prayers sound powerful, sincere, godly, and without ulterior motive. Hidden under such prayer and… — Gene Edwards
We have no need to teach pure motives to the mind. All that is necessary to make the mind pure is to undo the negative… — Eknath Easwaran
If your motives aren't clean, money itself becomes evil. But When we don't have money enough evil, the world tells us we're losers. So what… — Todd McFarlane
When I consider what it was that moved me to join the Communist Party, I have to cast my mind back for more than a… — Bram Fischer
If we don't have a clear sense of our identity and purpose, we are much more vulnerable to Lucifer. He of course knows this and… — Sheri L. Dew
Real satisfaction comes not in understanding God's motives, but in understanding His character, in trusting in His promises, and in leaning on Him and resting… — Joni Eareckson Tada
In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my life, people have scolded me… — Betsy Lerner

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