#motives

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives. ↗

— Criss Jami

#battle #bias #combat #discernment #disputes

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections. ↗

— Archibald Alexander

#affections #anything #consists #else #men

It saddens me when public officials and bureaucrats are criticized for ulterior motives, none of which I have ever found in a government bureaucrat, or when someone personalizes disagreements. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

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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. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others. ↗

— Charles Darwin

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I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War. ↗

— Larry David

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I don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity of the problem in this state. ↗

— Gray Davis

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First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#boss #decisions #first #first of all #frank

The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster. ↗

— George Eliot

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