Bearing this single requirement firmly in mind, you must so motivate your plot that everything which occurs to a character rises out of that character's personality; you must make the crisis the outward evidence of his inner being and the change which comes through the climax the result of inner change.
"Writing for Vaudeville"
Brett Page
To chronicle the heroic emotions that motivate men is a fine task.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst
Very much the same reasons motivate us in withdrawing from all political movements, however close some of their ideals may be to ours.
"The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1)"
Shoghi Effendi