Sentence examples for decent motivation from inspiring English sources

Without some measure of confidence both in one's abilities and in the solvability of social problems, of course, one would never have either sufficient courage or decent motivation for political life.

Rufus Sewell as the high priest Caiaphas gets the most out of his part by never breathing hard, plus he's given at least a decent motivation — he's trying to protect his people by helping to maintain order.

Using spin and underhand tactics against decent people whose prime motivation is to serve has for too long undermined the confidence of the public in our politics.

Today no decent scriptwriter looking for character motivation would dare to use fear of the boss.

Other terms used in the SAQ may also have been open to varied interpretations such as "lifestyle", "motivation" "stressful" and "decent housing".

"Decent people simply do not ascribe motivation to a psychopath like Loughner unless that motivation is proven beyond a reasonable doubt," O'Reilly said.

Given that any halfway decent writer is going to explore motivation and the psychology of her/his characters, almost any mystery novel can be described in this way.

All the interviewed health workers emphasized that a decent salary is very important for their motivation.

"What motivates these young people is not that far from the motivation the rest of us have: a decent life," he told Newsweek.

"The one-day guys haven't had a lot of time off so I can come back in and add some real impetus and motivation to them having had a decent rest myself".

Thomas Jefferson, who received the honor of writing the first draft of this document, was very direct about the motivation in his first sentence: "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind" required the founders to explain what they were doing.