We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil
motives.
View quotes by Edward DahlbergSocial improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of
motives.
View quotes by Eric HofferWhen Christianity is received, it stimulates the faculties, and calls forth new ideas, new
motives and new sentiments. It has been the mother of all modern education
View quotes by James McCoshOne of the most arrogant undertakings, to my mind, is to write the biography of a man which pretends to go beyond external facts and gives the inmost
motives. One of the most mendacious is autobiography.
View quotes by Thomas HaeckerNo 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.
View quotes by Alfred North WhiteheadWatchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their
motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers.
View quotes by Baltasar GracianEven if people are suspicious of the
motives I think that learning and speaking two languages can only be a good thing for people.
View quotes by Stephen HarperMy actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior
motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.
View quotes by Omar BongoThere is no music that can't be used politically, but the
motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.
View quotes by Earle BrownThis unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher
motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones.
View quotes by Desmond MorrisHow often in the halls of legislation does eloquence unmask corruption, expose intrigue, and overthrow tyranny! In the cause of mercy it is omnipotent. It is bold in the consciousness of its superiority, fearless and unyielding in the purity of its
motives. All opposition it destroys; all power it defies.
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