

Francois de La Rochefoucauld If your motives are high and noble and your work is hard and you do a good job, then whatever the task is in your life, it will benefit you. ― Criss Jami We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

Ayn Rand Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. William Shenstone Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good motive. The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character. Eric Hoffer Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something that is frozen from childhood. Oscar Wilde It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives.

George Eliot Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. Criss Jami What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot. Those who care criticize where necessary. The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Tim Cook Top 11 Quotes About Motives of the Heart We want to leave the world better than we found it. John Petit-Senn We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. Robert Grudin The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds. Immanuel Kant The fundamental motive of true teaching is the love that seeks and studies and performs. Jerry Bridges An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences. Leonardo da Vinci Love provides the motive for obeying the commands of the law, but the law provides specific direction for exercising love. Jean De La Bruyere The motive power is the cause of all life. Holland Its motive alone which gives character to the actions of men. Walter Inglis Anderson Life always take on the character of its motive. Stephen Covey Believe in something big. Its the deeper yes! burning inside that makes it easier to say no to the less important. Jane Austen The key to motivation is motive. Aristotle The distance is nothing when one has motive. Things that cause friendship are: doing kindnesses doing them unasked and not proclaiming the fact when they are done, which shows that they were done for our own sake and not for some other reason. Mahatma Gandhi 12 Inspirational Quotes About Motive (LOVE) Mahatma Gandhi Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action. Mahatma Gandhi The moment there is suspicion about a persons motives, everything he does becomes tainted. Romney 3 Deep Quotes About Motive by Mahatma Gandhi The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives. Henry Ward Beecher The only motive strong enough to induce men to exercise the self control required by the religion of Jesus is love. Joyce Meyer God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. (MUST READ) The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilitiesģ Quotes About God and Motives Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what were doing.6 Ulterior Motive Quotes (HIDDEN AGENDA).15 Thought-provoking Quotes About Motives.13 Quotes About Motive that Will Make You Think.Top 11 Quotes About Motives of the Heart.12 Inspirational Quotes About Motive (LOVE).3 Deep Quotes About Motive by Mahatma Gandhi.
