Quotes About Intention

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present.

Words are all we have to communicate our thoughts, our feelings, and our dreams. We must use them wisely.

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

How could something that began so incredibly well be so bad now? The answer: We stopped doing what made the relationship so good in the beginning. It is that simple.

Sometimes being hopeful needs to be a very deliberate act.

When will and intention are developed through living a disciplined life, according to rules that we consider a divine template for right living, tremendous personal power results. [...] They include such gifts as prophecy, healing, bilocation, mind reading, and the ability unto levitate or walk on water.

A strong intention is the single most important requirement to bring about growth and change, because intention provides the energy that motivates our continuing efforts.

Once we have lightened the hold of the ego over us, the intention to fulfill our life's purpose becomes less a matter of personal identity and more a strong commitment to make the world a better place.

When you catch yourself thinking uncharitable thoughts, mentally resolve to stop and send out more kind, encouraging thoughts.

Life is not always as it seems, but we can trust that a good intention will always carry us through even if the immediate results are not what we had in mind.

It's important to recognize that the opportunity for such mean-ingful work didn't appear out of thin air. It was the result of a clear intention to follow guidance, a willingness to wait until the way revealed itself, and a strong desire to match my work in the world with my inner journey to God.

Place yourself in the egg of light and practice Metta for at least two people whom you will be coming in contact with today or this week.

We must take our whole selves there—mind and heart—as well as our bodies. And we must be there five minutes before prayer starts.

Statio—stopping to collect our hearts and minds before we begin something new—is the sign that we know we are about to do the will of God for the world. We know that we must not go at it when we are scattered of heart.

Yes, she made me love her. But she didn't mean to. She took by giving... and that makes all the difference.

I have come to believe that concentrated time, when it's needed - freely given and with a special purpose - can accomplish goals that even years of traditional treatment sometimes cannot. (185)

have been aiming for her dad

She sat staring at the heavy curtains that shut out the gentle twilit garden, thinking how few things in life were un-muddled, firmly outlined as they were surely intended to be? One could organize, direct, plan each hour in advance and still the muddle persisted. Nothing in life was really water-tight, nothing secret, nothing secure.

If you're going to die, die interesting! Is there anything worse than a boring death? (Other than a Charlie Rose marathon on PBS?) I think not. When my time comes I'm going to go out in high style. I have no intention of being sick or lingering or dragging on and on and boring everyone I know.

Someone has said that Jesus went from place of prayer to place of prayer and did miracles in between.

I promise, I will never shoot you by accident.

I promise," she said softly, biting her lip. "I will never shoot you by accident." I considered her response. "That's less comforting than you'd think.

No, I mean I'm claiming her for real. Now. I'm done fucking around. Gonna make her my old lady.