Quotes having the keyword Motive
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
by William James (Philosopher, American , born in 1842) keywords: endure, fact, gain, happiness, how, keep, men, most, motive, recover, secret, times , willing In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.
by Anna Jameson (Writer, British , born in 1794) keywords: beginning, begins, either, ends, evil, fanaticism, fear, morals, motive, principle, religion, usually , wickedness In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen, and has full motive to do so.
by Lajos Kossuth (Lawyer, Hungarian , born in 1802) keywords: according, circumstances, countries, different, england, form, full, government, her, loves, may, motive, opinion, queen, their, wants , wishes There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.
by Charles Kuralt (Journalist, American , born in 1934) keywords: delusions, doing, greed, hostility, lot, motive, other, quietly, superiority, things, toward , wonderful My head can get to murder and rape for profit because I can understand greed as a human motive, but I cannot understand the voyeuristic desire to watch such a film. I can comprehend one and I cannot comprehend the other.
by Donna Leon (Author, American , born in 1942) keywords: because, cannot, comprehend, desire, film, get, greed, head, human, motive, murder, other, profit, such, understand , watch I think the motive is to establish in federal law the personhood from conception forward and try and alter the Constitution through statute.
by Zoe Lofgren (Politician, American , born in 1947) keywords: alter, conception, constitution, establish, federal, forward, law, motive, statute, think, through , try Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive.
by Patrick MacGill (Journalist, Irish , born in 1889) keywords: attempted, could, does, done, electorate, enlisted, explain, few, had, men, might, motive, only, politician, prove, right, said, thing, why , wrong Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.
by Bernard de Mandeville (Philosopher, English , born in 1670) keywords: according, actions, bad, because, built, does, either, follow, good, impudence, may, modesty, motive, nature, our, passion, performed, shame, upon, vice , virtue We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.
by Sarojini Naidu (Politician, Indian , born in 1879) keywords: action, courage, deeper, earnestness, greater, motive, sincerity, speech , want This part of being a man, changing the way we parent, happens only when we want it to. It changes because we are determined for it to change; and the motive for changing often comes out of wanting to be the kind of parent we didn't have.
by Augustus Y. Napierkeywords: because, being, change, changes, changing, comes, determined, happens, kind, man, motive, often, only, out, parent, part, want, wanting , way If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.
by Barney Oliver (Scientist , born in 1909) keywords: above, colonization, demanding, far, figures, indicate, might, motive, obvious , travel Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.
by George Oppen (Poet, American , born in 1908) keywords: achieve, any, beautiful, clarity, did, limited, limiting, most, motive, never, poetry, surely, thing , world Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
by Ayn Rand (Writer, Russian , born in 1905) keywords: desire, ever, force, good, motive, motives, neither, nor, say , stupidity Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.
by Tom Scholz (Musician, American , born in 1947) keywords: corporations, letting, livable, loose, more, motive, prescription, profit, run, turning , world He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
by Walter Scott (Novelist, Scottish , born in 1771) keywords: best, exact, fewest, greatest, motive, obstacles, out, points, power, sailor, steer, wind , within Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
by Swami Sivananda (Philosopher, Indian , born in 1887) keywords: action, desire, even, evil, force, great, greatest, mind, motive, poverty, real, spark , very Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
by William Howard Taft (President, American , born in 1857) keywords: activity, adequate, basis, effort, enlightened, enterprise, human, labor, motive, new, proposes, selfishness, socialism, substitute , to-day My great crime in the world is blunder I will get into scrapes without intention or any bad motive.
by Stand Watie (Soldier, Cherokee , born in 1806) keywords: any, bad, blunder, crime, get, great, intention, into, motive, will, without , world The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: alone, always, deed, light, lights, looks, motive, shadow , shadows
