“ There are two powerful fuels, two forces; motivation and inspiration. To be motivated you need to know what your motives are. Over time - and to sustain you through it - your motivation must become an… Rasheed Ogunlaru
“ We do like to have such good opinions of our own motives when we're about to do something harmful, to someone else. But as Mr. Erskine also pointed out, Eros with his bow and arrows is not the only bl… Margaret Atwood
“ I'd rather be befriended as an aimless lost soul than be befriended for adornment, gain or goal. Donna Lynn Hope
“ You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly - and that is a great thing. Never lose that honesty, Bobby - always be honest with yourself, know your own motives fo… Enid Blyton
“ The man who pursues moral ends with unmoral means is involved in acontradiction of motives, and nullifies the object at which he aims,since he denies it by his actions. Fredrich Von Bernhardi
“ The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that constant use of the scientific method must in the end leave… Ira Remsen
“ This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer. Leo Tolstoy
“ There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political. Earle Brown
“ Self-interest lies behind all that men do, forming the important motive for all their actions; this rule has never deceived me Marquis de Sade
“ When you are worried about thinking why you can't, you are losing the reasons why you should. Ameya Agrawal
“ Not only the right thing is the right thing, but doing the right out of the right motives is the right thing. Kabelo Mabona
“ We have nothing less to do than to get inside of whole peoples and change their motives and dispositions. John Raleigh Mott
“ What is strange is that we may remember what we have done, but not always why we did it. Gregory Maguire
“ Education -- whether its object be children or adults, individuals or an entire people, or even oneself -- consists in creating motives. To show what is beneficial, what is obligatory, what is good --… Simone Weil
“ I won't sacrifice my characters morals/intentions/motives for the sake of what I believe is right or wrong. If the action fits the character it will be written. That's that. James DeSantis
