Sentences with phrase «pure motives in»

But I also believe that most of these other organizations have pure motives in what they are doing and teaching.

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If sheep get lost when they wander away, it can hardly be the spirit of inquiry or adventure that is reprehensible in itself, but rather the ambiguous mixing of this spirit with impulsive immediacy instead of planning, with distrust of the shepherd but fear to come out and say so, and with a rationalization that one's motives are wholly pure and innocent.

These motives are fear and pride, seldom encountered in their pure state (though that can happen), but usually in compounds.

Even in pure research a person often has a general idea of the sort of results that are likely to follow, and the motives of the project's sponsor indicate the type of outcome for which he hopes.

In fact, it may be just plain Christian to engage in Christian activity prior to or apart from good, pure motiveIn fact, it may be just plain Christian to engage in Christian activity prior to or apart from good, pure motivein Christian activity prior to or apart from good, pure motives.

I will try to give an instance under each of these heads in turn; but it is not easy to get them pure, for in cases pronounced enough to be immediately classed as ascetic, several of the assigned motives usually work together.

I'm speculating that maybe some of the people in the crowd that day were there with something less than pure religious motives.

But when we're talking about rolling back a requirement that kids take fruit / veg with their meal, and instead go back to the «beige old days,» or when we're talking about reinstating the ability of schools to easily sell a la carte items like pizza every single day (instead of tying such sales to the menu on the reimbursable line), that is a per se «weakening» of nutrition standards — regardless of how pure SNA's motives may be in asking for those changes.

Our purpose is to pray for wisdom for we are promised it should we ask for it with a pure motive, walk in that wisdom, and leave the results to God.

The result, «House of Games» is a wholly Mamet - ian affair, a dark, surreal, twisty - turny story of deceit and duplicity in which no one's motives are pure and no one gets a particularly happy ending, but the hard - edged intelligence and cynicism on display exerts a delicious pull all its own.

In fact, I'd argue that Iron Man 2, despite its huge budget, is really what Manny Farber used to call an «underground movie,» or a pure action movie with no ulterior motives.

Along with the contemporary films of Anthony Mann, The Searchers marks a point in the Western genre where we can no longer necessarily accept the motives of the good guys to be pure, and in fact, are forced to question if the good guys are actually good — perhaps the beginning of the revisionist western.

The Searchers marks a point in the Western genre where we can no longer necessarily accept the motives of the good guys to be pure, and in fact, are forced to question if the good guys are actually good — perhaps the beginning of the revisionist western.

So gamification efforts have come under criticism from many in the games industry for being shallow — that is, lacking the narrative quality of games made with a pure entertainment motive.

In what he calls «butterfly» paintings, Grotjahn builds a sensory world, gripped by curiosity and wonder, the visible and the invisible, in which we encounter the specters of modernism, and indeed, in which we find our perception transformed from pure optical sensation into motive power and emotional energIn what he calls «butterfly» paintings, Grotjahn builds a sensory world, gripped by curiosity and wonder, the visible and the invisible, in which we encounter the specters of modernism, and indeed, in which we find our perception transformed from pure optical sensation into motive power and emotional energin which we encounter the specters of modernism, and indeed, in which we find our perception transformed from pure optical sensation into motive power and emotional energin which we find our perception transformed from pure optical sensation into motive power and emotional energy.

Printed in conjunction with the exhibition «Are your motives pure?»

So keep on criticising Dr. Jones on the basis of clear facts, but please do not make him responsible for the mistakes of others and do not indulge in pure speculation on supposed ulterior motives.

At best we can blame his lack of credentials for all the errors in his piece though I suspect his real motive is pure disinformation.

Or will the profiteers back out of Pax World and instead invest in another mutual fund with profit as a pure motive?»

In the case of individual clients, motives will range from pure greed, a feeling that «the grass is greener somewhere else», to desperation at the way the firm seems to be going.

After participating in another «Global Leadership Summit (2014)» held in Barrington Illinois, Sandra is encouraged and urges ethical leaders who support this mission of advocacy and strong protection of innocent children, to take on this endeavor with the purest and greatest of motives.

«As in anything, a pure profit or greed motive doesn't serve you well if you're looking to go into development,» says Wallace.