#motives

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

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

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#aside #been #does #ever #great

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

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#meaner #motives #never #opponent #own

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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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

One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated and screwed up as white people. Our motives can be just as base and violent. Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#been #black #complicated #does #ennoble

Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#each #exclusively #his #humanity #individuals

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

#being #communication #concealing #defense #hiding