Quotes About Intention

Waking up this morning I smile. I have twenty-four hours to live. I vow to live them deeply and learn to look at the beings around me with the eyes of compassion.

antes de que podamos hacer cambios significativos en nuestras vidas, hemos examinar nuestra dieta, nuestra forma de consumir. Hemos de vivir de manera que dejemos de consumir las cosas que no se envenenan y nos intoxican. Entonces tendremos la fuerza para permitir que aflore lo mejor de nosotros y ya no seremos víctimas de la ira y de la frustración nunca más .

How we deal with our daily lives is the most important question.

Right or wrong action can be determined by using the single criterion of suffering or nonsuffering. Whatever causes suffering in the present or the future, for ourselves and people around us, is the wrong thing to do. What brings well-being in the present and the future is the right thing. The criterion is clear.

You wash your hands, you dress yourself, you perform everyday actions as before; but now you are aware of all your actions, words, and thoughts.

In the monastery, one must be aware of all that one does. If, for example, the student shuts the door in a noisy way, he thus proves that he is not aware of his being. Virtue does not lie exactly in the fact of closing the door gently, but in the awareness of the fact that one is in the process of closing the door.

Hay cuatro clases de alimentos que consumimos a diario. En el budismo los llamamos los Cuatro Nutrientes: los alimentos comestibles, las impresiones sensoriales, las voliciones y la conciencia, tanto a nivel individual como colectivo.

Love doesn't just mean the intention or willingness to make someone happy, but the capacity to do so. That capacity to love is something you have to learn and cultivate.

Brushing my teeth and rinsing my mouth, I vow to use truthful and loving speech. When my mouth is fragrant with right speech, a flower blooms in the garden of my heart.

We're drawn to making our mark, leaving a record to show we were here, and a journal is a great place to do it. Once you start drawing, writing, and gluing stuff in every day, it can quickly become a habit - addictive, even. Your attitude should be: 'I can do this, but I mustn't make it too intimidating.'

The great thing about journalism is that there is so much exposure to all kinds of people who can turn up later as characters, whether you intend it or not.

I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of My Secret on, there is a change in my films. A lot of the journalists have very generously attributed this to my growing maturity.

I may err in judgment, but I hope not in intention.

I did not intend for there to be an incisive historical lesson in 'North and South.' Basically, it's just a good, juicy story.

We never intended to be comedic directors; it was just something we fell into.

Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.

I've never played the jack-it-up kinda game; that's just not who I am.

My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.

With me, I'm going to have a label where no one is ever cheated, ever.

Sit quietly for a moment upon awakening and visualize who you want to be for the day. That will become a practice that can change your life considerably.

Consciously choosing to be peaceful isn't always easy. In fact, inside we might feel agitated, at first. But acting as if you feel peace is a beginning. Give it a try today. Your attempt will be felt far and wide.

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words, return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy. —Florence Scovel Shin

It's okay to offer criticism if your intention is to be helpful. But if you only criticize when there is an audience to applaud and snicker...For shame!!

each word takes from my mind to my heart to my lips be guided by your hand. May what comes out be life-giving rather than causing death. May my words make you proud and bring you glory. In Jesus' name, Amen. * Louann Brizendine, The Female Brain (New York: Morgan Road Books, 2006), 4.