#motive

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist. ↗

— Albert Ellis

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People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware. ↗

— Albert Ellis

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A boardroom is a collection of individuals, and individuals have varying motives, egos, agendas and qualifications. Sometimes the dynamics can go off track. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

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I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

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For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

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I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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Prayer's important, not just as some kind of a metaphysical exercise, but I think it's a way to refresh one's own mind and motive. If you're praying, you're really looking beyond your own personal thoughts and the pressures that are around you. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. ↗

— James M. Barrie

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I, Alexander B. Campbell, make this statement of the cause of my death to relieve the coroner of the necessity of an inquest, and also let my friends know the motive that led me to take my own life. ↗

— Alex Campbell

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