There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.
Rahman Baba
The labourer's muscle is that of a cart-horse, his motions lumbering and slow.
Richard Jefferies
There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.
Michael Phelps
I don't want people to remember me going through the motions.
Bobby Rahal
The soul has many motions, body one.
Theodore Roethke