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It's the millenium, motives are incidental.
Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
There will always be people who question your motives.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
I have been accused of acting out of partisan political motives.
Principles, convictions and motives are neither sold nor bargained for!
I'm sorry, you leftists: you're not the only people whose motives are pure.
I just couldn't handle people coming on to me with motives other than music.
Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.
What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good.
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
I was incredibly angry to see Mr. Trump question a judge's motives because of his ethnicity.
I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.
The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.
First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.
I'm interested in people that can say one thing and have completely different motives behind that.
Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what we're doing.
There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
I have no doubt that those who campaigned for and voted leave in 2016 did so with honourable motives.
We have nothing less to do than to get inside of whole peoples and change their motives and dispositions.
Those who joined us for selfish personal reasons, for a career or other motives will be the ones to leave.
Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.
The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires. These are the cause of action.
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.
I really believe that 'Saw' makes us stop and think and question our motives and what we're doing here on Earth.
Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own.
We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.
Assuming ill motives almost instantly cuts us off from truly understanding why someone does and believes as they do.
Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.
To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives.
Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.
I feel like, especially in Hollywood, you meet people with ulterior motives, who are trying to get something from you.
Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.
You can have the most wonderful motives for what you do, but if what you do harms other people, you're fooling yourself.
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
When you do well, everybody's after you, and sometimes the motives are legitimate, and sometimes it's envy and jealousy.
There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.
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.
The thirst for education that comes with the change the gospel brings can be a blessing or a curse, depending on our motives.
When you are doing a film for money or to help a friend out, be clear about the motives and then finish what needs to be done.
I try to be cool with everybody, but sometimes, everybody just has different personalities, motives, and different characters.
My nature is to try and look past apparent truths, to pull back layers and understand the psychological motives behind phenomena.