Motives

"Motives of delicacy, my dear Emilie," said Mrs. Somers, softening her tone, but still with an air of dissatisfaction -- "motives of delicacy, my dear Emilie, are mighty pretty sounding words; and at your age I used to think them mighty grand things; but I have long since found out that _motives of delicacy_ are usually the excuse of weak minds for not speaking the plain truth to their friends. ❋ Maria Edgeworth (1808)

Those hidden secrets of any human mind which we call motives must ever remain to other minds largely a matter of opinion, but a very fair indication of them can be found when once the actual conduct of the actor has been determined. ❋ William Milligan Sloane (1889)

At present I shall only take notice in the general, what way they take to prove this assertion; namely, that the church of Rome is the one true catholic church; and that is, by the notes and marks of the true church, which they call their motives of credibility; because, by these they design to persuade them, that the church of Rome is the one true catholic church. ❋ 1630-1694 (1820)

In the end the speculation about sexual motives is largely irrelevant, of course: major bloggers link to other major bloggers for the purpose of criticizing them because it is a big part of their business model. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Here is the door open for you for laundering to any amount of money that you needed or desire to achieve your goals and expectations, because our main motives and aim is to make less priviledge and the rich once becomes more successful in life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So we're left with trying to reverse-engineer motives from the actions of the worm, which is hard. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There are good arguments pro and con but I think your characterization of motives is glib. ❋ Roger Sutton (2009)

As far as Ms. Grace goes, the only thing I would say concerning her motives is that her actions are cause for some deep personal reflection on her own motives. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One panelist in favor of the law, Brad Brooks-Rubin, from the U.S. State Department, said the long-term motives of disclosing information about Congo's minerals are a way for many Americans, from the U.S. government to manufacturers and consumers, to try to help end the ongoing conflict in the country's lawless east. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But to suggest that THIS GOP, which worships at the alter of Palin and Limbaugh, did anything at all out of pure, non-cynical motives is just nonsense. fostert Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Most of these people just don't like Obama and the [D] s in power, period, and their little show has little to do with any specific details of health care reform - the very fact that they choose to perform this little roadshow ruse cloaked in opposition to health care reform to mask their uber-partisan regressive political motives is itself VERY non-conservative behavior. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bottomline: Adopting a “live and let live” attitude toward student goals and motives is more sensible, humane, and compassionate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our current health care system being dominated by profit motives is a new phenomenon, since the industry was deregulated in the 1980's. ❋ M.D. Dora Calott Wang (2010)

Because politicians and their servants routinely lie, the subject of those motives is of necessity a matter for speculation. ❋ Unknown (2007)