Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

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.

People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own.

What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it.

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

The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the same.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.

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

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

It's the millenium, motives are incidental.