Acting Quote by Joe Biden

Motives are better than actions. Men drift into crime. Of evil they do more than they contemplate, and of good they contemplate more than…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

It is the man that makes the motive, and not the motive the man.

— James McCosh

Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.

— Kenneth Waltz

Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives

— Vikas Swarup

Greed is but a word jealous men inflict upon the ambitious.

— Marcus Licinius Crassus

Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed…

— William Graham Sumner

We must judge of a man's motives from his overt acts.

— Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

“In the same vein, the problem in economic life is supposedly greed, both outside ourselves in the form of all those greedy people and…

— Charles Eisenstein

One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object…

— Dalai Lama

Money is a necessity, but greed is the appetite of un-tasteful actions

— Linda Bell