Holiness has to do with more than mere acts. Our motives must be holy, that is, arising from a desire to do something simply because it is the will of God. Our thoughts should be holy, since they are known to God even before they are formed in our minds.
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The deeds and motive of man define his personality.
You can't be stop. Reach out for your dreams.
The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires.
We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say.
God knows the motive of every man.
This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer.
Every soul is a soul. It is the motives, deeds and actions that define the personality of each soul.
The aim is to love God because the pure heart loves loving God and because the true mind knows He deserves it. Unlike the accusations and beliefs of the critics and skeptics, it is neither an obligation of duty; nor a fear of damnation; nor a wish for power; nor a desire to appear more righteous than others; nor because God needs it; but because through all love, truth, reason, faith, honesty, and joy in and beyond oneself and the universe, He is worthy.
I'd rather be befriended as an aimless lost soul than be befriended for adornment, gain or goal.
Jealousy is a detestable motive.
Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome.
Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.
The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.
Would you like to know your future?If your answer is yes, think again. Not knowing is the greatest life motivator.So enjoy, endure, survive each moment as it comes to you in its proper sequence -- a surprise.
Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the weights and sprinting towards his goals. Those who insincerely misunderstand, who intentionally distort the motives of a pure-intentioned individual, then, no longer have the opportunity to block his path; instead, they are the ones left to stand on the sidelines shouting frustratedly in the wind of his trail.
We have nothing less to do than to get inside of whole peoples and change their motives and dispositions.
Passion for knowledge, motivation for continuous learning.