GEMS OF THOUGHT
MOTIVES. It is motive alone that gives character to the actions of man. —Bruyeres. He that does good for good’s sake, seeks neither praise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.—William Penn. Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action —Mary Baker Eddy. The morality of an action depends upon the motive from which we act. — Samuel Johnson. in the works of man as in those of nature it is the intention which is chiefly worth studying.—Goethe. The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.—Macaulay.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 April 1939, Page 7
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