Full Idea
Motives will cause persons for form intentions; it is intentions which more directly guide actions.
Gist of Idea
Motives produce intentions, which lead to actions
Source
Julia Driver (The Virtues and Human Nature [1996], 3)
Book Reference
'How Should One Live? On the Virtues', ed/tr. Crisp,Roger [OUP 1998], p.117
A Reaction
This is invites the question of whether there is a sharp distinction between the motive and the action. Detectives look for motives, but law courts look for intentions.