Quotes About Intention

Confronted afterward, she claimed no knowledge of that bedroom tryst; she did not intend to be held responsible for men's dreams.

I've no intention of trying to dissuade you. I'll only say one thing: in an inhuman situation you're trying to behave like a human being. That may be admirable, but it's also futile. Though in fact I'm not even sure it's admirable—I'm not sure something foolish can also be admired.

I tried putting myself in the place of the Sender. I would send nothing that could be used contrary to my intentions. To provide any kind of tool without knowing to whom would be like handing out grenades to children.

Reverend Father, your line of thought has taken a dangerous path! Just another step, and you'll be telling me offspring can be produced not at the drawing board, by testing prototypes in a laboratory, with the highest concentration of the spirit in the metal, but in a bed, without any templates or training, at random, in the dark, and quite unintentionally . . .

Las imágenes de vuestra creación, así como de la mía propia, contienen —desde una perspectiva racional— una buena dosis de ridiculez, dado que la intención de la perfección que no logra su propósito es tanto más ridícula cuanta mayor sabiduría se haya empleado en ella. Por ese motivo, la tonterías expresadas por un filósofo resultan más amenas que las tonterías expresadas por un necio.

A spell is a symbolic act done in an altered state of consciousness, in order to cause a desired change.

The more specific I am about the details I am concerned with as I pray, the better the results.

Ci sono delle cose che sembrano cattive e invece sono buone. Si può tagliare un ramo per far star meglio l'albero, oppure per rovinarlo. C'è una pioggia che fa bene e una che fa marcire.

The Book put forth the theory that what a person envisions is what a person attracts, so that if you envision loss, despair, loneliness, etc., that is indeed what will befall you. The Book also claimed that all of us lie to ourselves all the time, so why not tell positive lies—known as "affirmations"—instead of negative ones?

Get out of here, Antonia. Now." There was no real force behind the command, as if only a part of him meant it.

It's the thought that counts-quite literally. There's energy in doing and in intention, and it matters. It makes a difference.

encourages you to create beauty in your daily interactions, objects, and activities.

If God wanted us to get high, he'd have created plants that became psychoactive when eaten or smoked.

Think with the end in mind. Before you go on a trip, you determine your destination and plan out the best route. Before you plant a garden, you plan it out in your mind, possibly on paper. You create speeches on paper before you give them, you envision the landscaping in your yard before you landscape it. You design the clothes you make before you thread the needle.

Begin with the end in mind

It was really the intention of the seven mad gods to drown him, despite the abominable injustice of it. For it was certainly an abominable injustice to drown a man who had worked so hard, so hard. The man felt it would be a crime most unnatural. Other people had drowned at sea since galleys swarmed with painted sails, but still--

The notion that the laws of nature had to be intentionally obeyed reflects the ancients' focus on why nature behaves as it does, rather than on how it behaves.

Seek with enough conviction aforethought and ye shall find.

Sometimes I think we'd all be better off if the people who mean well would just creep away and die.

We are creating at this moment what our tomorrow will be

i wasn't made but i was created for the better intention i know my time is coming

You dont need a thousand dollars to do something good for someone, You just need the right intention for it

You have the ability to drive your brain and the capability to nab the steering wheel back any time you feel yourself veering off the road you intended to take.

Without goals we are nothing more than drifters, drifting where?