Best 544 quotes in «intention quotes» category

The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.

The only politician ever to have entered parliament with honourable intentions, was Guy Fawkes.

The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.

The powers of the federal government ... result from the compact to which the states are parties, [and are] limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact.

The power of intention is a critical factor in all areas of life. Simply by intending to create synchronicity in your life, you can nurture that result.

The power of an intention multiplies, depending upon how many people are thinking the same thought at the same time.

The power of mass intention may ultimately be the force that shifts the tide toward repair and renewal of the planet.

The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.

The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.

There are no scores for good intention, it either happened or it didn't. Get to work.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

True wit has a grave intention.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is the quality of your intent?

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

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

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

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