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The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives. — Sri Aurobindo

It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it. — Jean De La Bruyere

Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study. — Idries Shah

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

Every instance of obedience, from right motives, strengthens us spiritually, whilst every act of disobedience weakens us. — George Muller

The dog barking at you from behind his master's fence acts for a motive indistinguishable from that of his master when the fence was built. — Robert Ardrey

sinful motive often hides itself under the mask of reverence for another virtue.") — Jimmy Swaggart

Conviction is a good motive, but a bad judge. — Albert Einstein

Self-defense was an accepted motive for murder. — Farrah Naseem

Never fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble. — Phillips Brooks

True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive. — Mignon McLaughlin

My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive. — Jose Canseco

In all our actions, God considers the intention: whether we act for Him or for some other motive. — Maximus The Confessor

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages. — William J. Brennan Jr.

People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end. — Daniel M. Gilbert

We've gotten lost in our Ego and have forgotten that our Soul's only motive is to merge with the Beloved. — Ram Dass

However, it must not be assumed that bullshit always and necessarily has pretentiousness as its motive. — Harry G. Frankfurt

If your motive is in any way to promote greatness for yourself, you're in the wrong calling. — Charles R. Swindoll

It's so easy to become a grumbler, someone who condemns and carps at everything on principle and sees an ulterior motive behind it. — Eric Metaxas

No one since the Garden of Eden - which the serpent forsook in order to run for higher office - has imputed to politicians great purity of motive. — William F. Buckley Jr.

Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better. — Henry Spencer

Kill a politician and you're tied to the motive that made you pull the trigger. — J.G. Ballard

From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end. — Samuel Johnson

Money is important, but for most people (and certainly for the best people), money isn't the primary motive for their work. — Dave Bruno

The profit motive, indecorous though it may seem, may represent the best chance the poor have to reap some of globalization's benefits. — James Surowiecki

Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself. — Michael Korda

If God were a Kantian, who would not have us till we came to Him from the purest and best motives, who could be saved? — C.S. Lewis

Beautiful words are ugly motives best friends. — Steve Fowler

Your motive influences your motion. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

That kind always has the public good as a motive to justify every abomination. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The motive of man depicts his soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Never go into business purely to make money. If that's the motive you're better off doing nothing. — Richard Branson

The profit motive promotes economic growth by creating better products at cheaper prices. — Mark Skousen

The British press is extremely centralised, and most of it is owned by wealthy men who have every motive to be dishonest on certain important topics. — George Orwell

There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive. — Thomas Jefferson

Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Everything is habit with men, everything even in their social and political relations. Habit is the great motive-power. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

To exercise some sort of control over others is the secret motive of every selfish person. — Wallace D. Wattles

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. — Walter Scott

Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and outdo another? — Ezra Taft Benson

Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. — Suzy Kassem

What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect. — Samuel Johnson

Where we are from there is no remorse because action has a logical motive and always results in the best outcome for the given situation. — Matt Haig

First-class religion teaches one how to love God without any motive. If I serve God for some profit, that is business-not love. — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

We need not seek a cause or a motive or a purpose for that which is, in its nature, eternally self-existent and free. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan