#motive

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#convinced #generous #had #i #i am

CAIR officials or former officials have been arrested on charges related to terrorism yet all it offers is silence and stonewalling in discussing what are its real motives. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#been #charges #discussing #former #motives

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#force #history #making #motive #people

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#cause #conditions #just #motive #necessary

The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires. These are the cause of action. ↗

— Raymond Holliwell

#cause #coming #desires #heart #inner

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#being #believe #central #force #i

Prayer's important, not just as some kind of a metaphysical exercise, but I think it's a way to refresh one's own mind and motive. If you're praying, you're really looking beyond your own personal thoughts and the pressures that are around you. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#beyond #exercise #i #i think #important

The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#always #care #going #good #lacking

I don't think anyone doubts my motives, really. I do what I do and it's not very complicated. Of course, you might hate the music that I make, but I don't think people feel threatened by me just getting on with what I'm up to. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#complicated #course #doubts #feel #getting

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages. ↗

— William J. Brennan, Jr.

#been #force #great #human #human life