Motives 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

When you question a man's motives, when you say they are acting out of greed, they are in the pocket of an interest group,…

— Joe Biden

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

— Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

“The wisest writers devote themselves to what a man ought to know, without asking what a child is capable of learning. They are always…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“The habit of considering a man’s religious, moral and political opinions before appointing him to a post or giving him a job is the…

— Bertrand Russell

Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was always more concentrated on my career. And…

— Nathan Lane

I never desire to know anything of the detail of political measures, lest even those which I think best should lose anything of their…

— Fanny Kemble

“motives are like little flies flying around in my room. I believe I've killed most of them”

— Dmitry Dyatlov

Getting down to the nitty-gritty, most people are motivated by unconscious motives most of the time.

— Anonymous

“It is usual to explain the motivation of those who enjoy dangerous activities as some sort of pathological need: they are trying to exorcise…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“People have motives, what they are, is what you need to notice.”

— S.D. Walker