107 Quotes About Motives
- Author Fredrich Von Bernhardi
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The man who pursues moral ends with unmoral means is involved in acontradiction of motives, and nullifies the object at which he aims,since he denies it by his actions.
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- Author Cathy O'Neil
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In each case, we must ask not only who designed the model but also what they person or company is trying to accomplish.
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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There is a rationale for every action.
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- Author Sunday Adelaja
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In every bad situation we have to see Satan’s motives behind a person’s actions
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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The Lord weighs the motive of every heart.
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- Author Jocelyn Murray
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It is not always the motives behind an action that make it noble. Sometimes it is as simple as the action itself.
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- Author Thomas Hardy
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Finding this, she was much perplexed as to Henchard's motives in opening the matter at all; for in such cases we attribute to an enemy a power of consistent action which we never find in ourselves or or in our friends...
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- Author Goethe Johann-Wolfgang
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He had learned by experience that the motives and purposes by which men are influenced are far too various to be made to coalesce upon a single point, even on the most solid representations.
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- Author Mary Crocker Cook
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Along with our over-giving is our own conditional giving pattern, which can fuel so much of our resentment and feelings of “victimization” by the people to whom we are giving. We may be completely unaware of our expectations of those we assist, and our own anger and resentment may catch us off guard. This is why our martyrdom is so hard on those around us. They are aware of the price we are exacting, even when we are in denial about our own motives and expectations.
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