#motive

People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware. ↗

— Albert Ellis

#people #thoughts #unaware #which

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

— Mao Zedong

#force #history #making #motive #people

From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried out. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#carried #excuse #moral #motive #out

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments. ↗

— Sidney Hook

#before #even #his #legitimately #may

America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#economic #experiment #far-reaching #great #motive

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

Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#error #finger #gets #her #locomotive

In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention - help us bring resources. ↗

— Jan Egeland

#bring #competing #disasters #emergencies #full

Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter. ↗

— Victor Garber

#daughter #does #even #his #i