Ulterior Motive Quotes

24 Ulterior Motive quotes by 21 unique authors

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country,… — Omar Bongo
It's so easy to become a grumbler, someone who condemns and carps at everything on principle and sees an ulterior motive behind it. — Eric Metaxas
It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Everything pertaining to what's happening has never come to the surface. The world will never know the true facts of what occurred, my motives. The… — Jack Ruby
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
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. — Mother Teresa
Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of… — Gabrielle
The only treaties that ought to count are those which would effect a settlement between ulterior motives. — Paul Valery
When one has extensively pondered about men, as a career or as a vocation, one sometimes feels nostalgic for primates. At least they do not… — Albert Camus
I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an… — Sally Field
I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know… — Giancarlo Esposito
The ulterior motives with which you absorb and assimilate Evil are not your own but those of Evil. — Franz Kafka
It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Be fair. Don't present your version of the truth to others. Lose your ulterior motives! Be accurate and pure in your presentation of the way,… — Frederick Lenz
It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to… — Josh Radnor
The dog’s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. “I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you.… — Caroline Knapp
A good working definition of fanaticism is that you are so convinced of your views and policies that you are sure that anyone who opposed… — Orson Scott Card
There are moments when the inner life actually 'pays,' when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use. — E. M. Forster
Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something. — Terry Pratchett
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends… — Mother Teresa
Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives. — Steig Larsson
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. — Mother Teresa
Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality.… — Charles R. Swindoll
Love without hypocrisy or ulterior motive. Love simply for the joy of serving others. — Nit

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