Frontiers Quote by J. P. Morgan

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

— J. P. Morgan

A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.

— J. P. Morgan

A man always has two reasons for what he does; a good one, and the real one.

— Anonymous

“A man has two reasons for doing something; a good reason and the real reason.”

— J.P. Morgan

When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.

— Walter Scott

I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.

— Ai Weiwei

All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.

— John Henry Newman

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

— Martha Graham

Here is the manliness of manhood, that a man has a good reason for what he does, and has a will in doing it.

— Alexander MacLaren

What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.

— Seneca the Younger

“A person usually has two reasons for doing something, a good reason and the real reason.”

— Thomas Carlyle

Men sometimes have strange motives for the things they do.

— Michael Reeves