Jealousy is a detestable motive.
– Lailah Gifty Akita
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- Freedom of speech is detestable only to those who have no desire to think for themselves. – Criss Jami
- How can it be, after all this concentrated effort and separation, how can it be that I still resemble, so very closely, my own detestable mother? – Gabrielle Hamilton
- the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life. – Oscar Wilde
- a detestable, viscous place populated by slugs – Paul Majkut
- The motive of man depicts his soul. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- God knows the motive of every man. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- The deeds and motive of man define his personality. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- The Lord weighs the motive of every heart. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Guard your heart against anger, bitterness, envy, jealousy-¦.! – Lailah Gifty Akita
- An external motive can never Inspire you. It will only Motivate you to move, but you will soon stop. Seek Inspiration! – RVM
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- Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves. – Stephen Kendrick
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- Be sure that your motive in praying is to glorify God. – Billy Graham
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- Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. – Eric Hoffer
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- an odious crime, as old as the Bible and for an utterly despicable motive too and carried out in a cowardly manner, making use of intermediaries. – Javier Maras
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- All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad. – Herman Melville
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- Jealousy is only hurt ego. Revenge is meaningless. Life is abstract. There is no point other than pleasure. – Chloe Thurlow