Love can not pretend, nor can it tolerate too much selfish motives.
Originally, I had selfish motives and I didn't dare to work hard. Since our master came, how dare we win the battle?
selfish motives; selfishness
Seeking truth from facts. Acknowledge that people do have and should have selfish motives, but not excessive, otherwise they will be punished by law and conscience.
I'm glad to see you out of doors again, Mr Lockwood, 'he said, in reply to my greeting;' from selfish motives partly: I don't think I could readily supply your loss in this desolation.
I am not concerned here with the psychology of motives. I am not going to argue about whether people who behave altruistically are "really" doing it for secret or subconscious selfish motives.
Human beings operate best when they transcend their selfish motives.
freedom from bias or selfish motives.
If you are an official, you should exclude all selfish motives.
Perversion of the criminal law for selfish motives is the important charge of the malfeasance in the criminal law, and it plays an important part in upholding justness of judicature.
She points out that because capitalism channels selfish motives to the public benefit, the most widely beneficial actions will often appear morally ugly, because motivated by greed.
