Own Motive Quotes
- Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind… — Eric Hoffer
- Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed… — Henry Adams
- God is His own motive. His love is not drawn out by our loveableness, but wells up, like an artesian spring, from the depths of… — Alexander MacLaren
- Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences. — Katharine Whitehorn
- It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. — Eric Hoffer
- Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. — Eric Hoffer
- I wish for you all, each of you, to have your own motive for indignation. This is precious. When something outrages you as I was… — Stephane Hessel
- It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor. It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives.… — Eric Hoffer