Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What influences our behavior, and what our level of responsibility is, are very complex issues. And anytime we try to make this simplistic, we don't serve people well.
I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
Human beings do things for a reason, even if sometimes it's the wrong reason.
Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.
Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.
What we must not do - what we must never do - is turn on our neighbors, our family members, our fellow Americans, for something they cannot control, and deny what makes them human.
Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will.
Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what we're doing.
Some of us are better at owning the responsibility of our actions than others.
We do things for good reasons that are bad.