Mental attitude Quote by Dallin H. Oaks

In all our actions, God considers the intention: whether we act for Him or for some other motive.

— Maximus the Confessor

If we have the right to use our reason, we certainly have the right to act in accordance with it, and no god can…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Everything we do, our every objective, must be undertaken for the sake of... purity of heart... we must practice the reading of the Scripture,…

— John Cassian

“We use God to justify our actions when in fact it is our own instinct for survival that pushes us on.”

— Deborah Moggach

Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what we're doing.

— Joyce Meyer

God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves.

— Saint Augustine

Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what were doing.

— Senora Roy

“Should we not invariably act in this life as though the God whom our heart desires with its highest desire were watching our every…

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Everyone must act according to the dictates of his own reason.

— Thomas Jefferson

“For an action to be judged good by God, it must fulfill two primary requirements. The first is that the action must correspond outwardly…

— R.C. Sproul

“What does the Lord God requires of us: To love what is good. To do justice. To do what is right.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

In all of our deeds God looks at the intention, whether we do it for His sake, or for the sake of some other…

— Maximus the Confessor