Motive Quotes

To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

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

No one does anything from a single motive.

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

Profit per se is not my motive.