Quotes About Intention

How shall we go to sleep and wake up when we have no intention of sleeping or waking?

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

Do what you do only for God's sake, start for God's sake, work for God's sake, and act within the sphere of God's good approval.

One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.

Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

The point of handling our motivation is not necessarily to channel it into a drive to be successful; that would be ambition. Rather, the point is to

What is my motivation?

Our intention is that of a shepherd, but our actions are those of a loving, wise, compassionate leader. If we all act according to this code, we will create an enlightened society.

Then we wonder, "Why is nothing turning out the way I want?" Tiger mind creates a little gap in which we can look at our choices. We could get mad or not get mad. We could manipulate or not manipulate. We could become desirous and fixate. We could get jealous or not. It's up to us. Wisdom and compassion begin with cultivating discernment—not just reacting to what happens.

The emphasis is always on what you should do, never on what you should stop doing.

it lies in the capacity to be fully present. Present for a task, for a conversation, for the moment, for an opportunity. Present for your larger purpose in the world.

I write in my notebook with the intention of stimulating good conversation, hoping that it will also be of use to some fellow traveler. But perhaps my notes are mere drunken chatter, the incoherent babbling of a dreamer. If so, read them as such.

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

The only plan that truly matters is the one you have for yourself.

imagine you already have whatever you want and thank your higher self in advance for bringing it to you.

I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good.

All intending students of Buddhism would do well to remember, however, that the heart of the Dharma, the spiritual essence that underlies and interpenetrates all doctrinal formulations, metaphysical disciplines, and aesthetic expressions, will be revealed, not in proportion to the bulk of our scholastic equipment, but only to the extent to which we have cultivated right motive.

This is the year of sowing seeds; plant intentionally, plant value, plant what you, yourself, would want to harvest.

MANTRA MINTA BANTUAN MALAIKAT -- aku hentakkan mantra si Mayangseta : dan berkemunlah si Mayangseta dan semua bala tentaranya semua kukirim untuk menaklukkan hatinya untuk menaklukkan pikirannya untuk menaklukkan nuraninya untuk menaklukkan niatnya agar menyayangiku selama-lamanya : ya, ya, selama-lamanya selama-lamanya

If for things good and noble thou wert yearning, If to speak baseness were thy tongue not burning, No load of shame would on thine eyelids weigh; What thou with honour wishest thou wouldst say.

He yearned for this calm serenity, for smiles without cynicism, for honesty without subterfuge, meeting Mary on that country lane was some things the angels had planned, he had no intentions of letting her go.

Well I wouldn't be too anxious to ask her to dance, being your librarian she might read more into it than you intend.

be careful what you wish for. Because you might get exactly what you want.