“ The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires. These are the cause of action. ”
- Raymond Holliwell- Copy
- 67
“ Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections. ”
- Archibald Alexander- Copy
- 94
“ When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best — that is inspiration. ”
- Robert Bresson- Copy
- 27
“ A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. ”
- Napoleon Bonaparte- Copy
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“ The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. ”
- Martha Washington- Copy
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“ I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best. ”
- Akeem Olajuwon- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. ”
- Bo Bennett- Copy
- 2.3K
“ Too great a preoccupation with motives is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences. ”
- Katharine Whitehorn- Copy
- 952
“ 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. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 1.8K
“ The greater part of our daily actions are the result of hidden motives which escape our observation. ”
- Gustave Le Bon- Copy
- 2.3K
“ One must not lose desires. They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love, and to long life. ”
- Alexander A. Bogomoletz- Copy
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“ I tried to treat them like me, and some of them weren't. ”
- Coach Bill Russell- Copy
- 2.3K
“ There are only two stimulants to one's best efforts: the fear of punishment, and the hope of reward. ”
- John M. Wilson- Copy
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“ We are reaffirming what is our policy. This is a standard package of incentives. ”
- James Allen- Copy
- 245
“ I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal. ”
- Peter Cook- Copy
- 2.4K
“ There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it. ”
- Monta Crane- Copy
- 3.8K
“ To the lack of incentive to effort, which is the awful shadow under which we live, may be traced the wreck and ruin of scores of colored youth. ”
- Mary Church Terrell- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way. ”
- Hosea Ballou- Copy
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