Best 544 quotes in «intention quotes» category

There is always a gap between intention and action.

There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted on making them so clear.

There is no way of finding the middle ground, even with the best intentions of the world. Our most sensible policy is to stall.

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that.

There's so many ups and downs, and there's so many pieces to trying to build a business, and if the intention isn't very, very clear and the business isn't reflecting that intention, then it makes it much harder.

The scientific attitude implies the postulate of objectivity-that is to say, the fundamental postulate that there is no plan; that there is no intention in the universe.

The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.

The writer's intention hasn't anything to do with what he achieves. The intent to earn money or the intent to be famous or the intent to be great doesn't matter in the end. Just what comes out.

The worker faithful to the well has neither the intention, or time, to violate the name and the service of others.

Those who have come to an impasse should examine their original intentions; those who have succeeded should note where they are heading.

The third petition of the Lord's Prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone's will be done but their own.

Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best intentions.

Through default or intention, unaware or by design, we not only choose but create the visible outer conditions that are most resonant to our inner state of being.

True wit has a grave intention.

Time heals everything. Time corrects everything. Time is the solution to every problem, I believe. A lot of things can happen with time. All that has to be there is the intention.

Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.

Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention.

Until you commit your goals to paper, you have intentions that are seeds without soil.

Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth.

Watercolour painting is notoriously difficult - so much depends on directness and speed, and certainty of intention. Tentative or fumbling touches are disastrous, for they cannot be obliterated easily.

We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but because it issues from a good intention.

We either live with intention or exist by default.

We have no intention of shipping another bloated OS and shoving it down the throats of our users.

We have no intention of shutting down plants. We have always said there will be no redundancies or lay-offs as a result of this merger.

We judge ourselves mostly by our intentions, but others judge us mostly by our actions.

We introduced the Community Charge. I still call it that. I like the Poles - I never had any intention of taxing them.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

We know the Russian methods exactly. I haven't the faintest intention of being taken prisoner by the Russians.

We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us.

We need to conceive of ourselves as "agents" impelled by self-generated intentions.

To see you cry wasn't my intention. just let me make it OK, just give me one more chance to say.

Whatever you put attention on will start manifesting in your life. Intention, attention, manifestation; that is how the universe works.

What is a great life but a youthful intention carried out in maturity?

What's your vision of what you think should happen? How can you make it happen? Go stand in your power and walk with intention to make it so.

What is the quality of your intent?

What you do and what you say has consequence and impact. Impact is determined by the intention behind your words and the intention behind your deeds.

What? You run? Coward! Stand still and die!” Percy had no intention of doing that.

When it's a folk festival, there's more of an intention on the song and connecting with people.

When you sketch a shoe but don't have the intention to do a proper shoe, it remains a curvy sketch with no detail. The shoe completely morphs to the body.

Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.

We are held accountable for every intention, which is why you are sitting where you are right now.

When you have no intention then you have no tension! Be flexible.

With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.

Wishes cannot be summoned up or kept away at will. They come from deeper within us than good or bad intentions. And they spring up unannounced.

Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.

When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.

With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.

With rock music, the amount of power that you can generate, the intensity behind the intentions of your lyrics that you can really reflect through rock music - you can't do that in jazz. You can't do that with classical.

Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.