Actions are visible, though motives are secret

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure

Finding this, she was much perplexed as to Henchard's motives in opening the matter at all; for in such cases we attribute to an enemy a power of consistent action which we never find in ourselves or or in our friends...

You are the sum of your action and your motives

Motive defines the value of an action.

It is absolutely critical that we take the actions having agreed that action is necessary,