#motive

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#behave #demean #easily #heroes #motives

The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him -- I could hit on nothing that wasn't charming. It's wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating. ↗

— André Gide

#motivational

Why didn't you kill me like you did that guy back there? Billy? Or does it even make any sense to ask? Are you beyond why?' Oh shit, we're all beyond why, you know that. ↗

— Stephen King

#motivational

Should we still be friends when it could be more profitable if otherwise? ↗

— Toba Beta

#motive #profit #motivational

All the motives for murder are covered by four Ls: Love, Lust, Lucre and Loathing. ↗

— P.D. James

#murder #pd-james #the-murder-room #love

And now, no matter what I thought I had done or why I did it, it has become completely untrue because of what I have done since. ↗

— Tony Burgess

#motives #self-reflection #motivational

It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#become #being #certainly #fame #good

The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life. ↗

— Heather Mills

#been #constant #denying #life #motive

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. ↗

— Lord Byron

#i #more #motive #myself #others

No one does anything from a single motive. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#does #motive #single