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Quotes About Intention

The intention of Scripture is to exercise our faith, that we may know we are protected by God's hand, and that we may not be subject to harm from Satan and wicked men. . .
~ John Calvin
God does not defer his help any longer than fits his purpose. Unlike
~ John Calvin
A man is what he does with his attention.
~ John Ciardi
No necesito referencias —dijo—. Sé quién es usted. Lo busqué en Google. ¿Tiene pensado matar a alguien? —¿Qué día es hoy? —Me parece que jueves. —No, no tengo pensado matar a nadie.
~ John Connolly
Most people are not bad. Oh, they do bad things sometimes, and we all have a little badness in us, but very few people are unspeakably evil, and most of the bad things they do seem perfectly reasonable to them at the time. Perhaps they're bored, or selfish, or greedy, but, for the most part, they don't actually want to hurt anyone when they do bad things. They just want to make their own lives a little easier.
~ John Connolly
I've started to believe that most people do what they think is right. The problems arise when what they do is right for themselves, but not what's right for others.
~ John Connolly
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
~ John D. Rockefeller
Do not intend to make a buddha.…
~ John Daido Loori
In Yosemite, we see how everyone can inherit the earth. But that gift requires a change of heart, a new intention, a deliberate turning. From now on, we must go forward, back into the world of violence and war, to do our part to end the killing, the suffering, and the ongoing destruction of Mother Earth. Yosemite, along with all of creation, calls us to wake up, stand up, and stop the insane destruction of the earth before it's too late.
~ John Dear
A genuine purpose always starts with an impulse. Obstruction of the immediate execution of an impulse converts it into a desire. Nevertheless neither impulse nor desire is itself a purpose. A purpose is an end-view. That is, it involves foresight of the consequences which will result from acting upon impulse.
~ John Dewey
Whatever I hold in my mind tends to manifest itself in my life. What we believe and assume creates most of our reality and our experience.
~ David Emerald Womeldorff
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.
~ Deepak Chopra
I've always thought that we have to bring our spirituality into our everyday life such as even brushing our teeth with God.
~ Dorothy Maclean
Whatever you do in your daily life - driving from here to there, trying to reach someone on the phone, doing this or that - you always are going toward somewhere. That's inevitable.
~ Eckhart Tolle
I try to practice with my life.
~ Herbie Hancock
Life doesn't come at you. It comes from you.
~ Jason Mraz
Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan.
~ Zig Ziglar
Good impulses are naught, unless they become good actions.
~ Joseph Joubert
Keep your mind going in the right direction, and your life will catch up with it.
~ Joyce Meyer
You have only one life, make the most of it
~ Louis Sachar
The imporant things in life never happened by accident. But even with those things that were meant to be, sometimes you had to wait awhile and then maybe give them a little nudge.
~ Nicholas Evans
He knows that he must act, but he must allow room for the Universe to act too.
~ Paulo Coelho
A Warrior knows that everything a person does has enduring consequences.
~ Paulo Coelho
Remember, you are co-creating your life with the energy of your own intentions.
~ Oprah Winfrey