Assassins Quote by Robin Hobb

When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at…

— Robin Hobb

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

— Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

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

— James McCosh

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.

— Graham Greene

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

— Confucius

Man acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations.

— Edmund Burke

He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.

— Confucius

Man has the supreme knack of deceiving himself; the Englishman is supremest among men.

— Mahatma Gandhi

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Men are so completely fools by necessity that he is but a fool in a higher strain of folly who does not confess his…

— Blaise Pascal

When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into…

— Baltasar Gracian