Quotes About Intention

Buddha said, 'Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.' Do

Desire without a plan is only a dream

Criticized for going too far and calling Conkling a murderer, the New York Tribune denied that it had ever used the word. That said, it wrote, "when a child, in its mad rage, kicks over a table, upsets a lamp, sets the house on fire, and burns people to death, nobody supposes that the child intended murder. Mr. Conkling has been acting like a child in a fit of passion.

Words are animals, alive with a will of their own

The Wrong we have Done, Thought, or Intended Will wreak its Vengeance on Our SOULS.

By slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better: They eat better; they make love better; they exercise better; they work better; they live better.

To me dreams are part of nature, which harbors no intention to deceive but expresses something as best it can.

Freedom of will is the ability to do gladly that which I must do.

To make what fate intends for me my own intention

The way to truth stands open only to those without intentions.

A threat is a statement of an intention to do some harm, period. It offers no conditions, no alternatives, no ways out. It does not contain the words if, or else, until, unless. Sentences that do contain those words are not threats; they are intimidations, and there is an important distinction.

The Unsolicited Promise When the man volunteered, "I promise we'll look after him," he gave one of the most reliable signals of trouble. Promises are used to convince us of an intention, but they are not guarantees. A guarantee offers some compensation if the speaker fails to deliver, but promises offer no such collateral. They are the very hollowest instruments of speech, showing nothing more than the speaker's desire to convince you of something.

Threats betray the speaker by proving that he has failed to influence events in any other way. Most often they represent desperation, not intention.

May I be mindful both making and keeping commitments that they be springboards to liberation, instead of suffering, for all sentient beings.

Nothing happens without intention, Willem. Nothing. This theory of yours - life is rules by accidents - isn't that just one huge excuse for passivity?

Meant to be," Kate scoffs. "Excuse me but I'm having a hard time buying all of this woo-woo stuff... Nothing happens without intention Willem. Nothing. This theory of yours- Life is ruled by accidents- isn't that just one huge excuse for passivity?

Me ayudó a darme cuenta de que ser no es lo que importa, sino cómo ser

Karma's not like a bank. Make a deposit, take a withdrawal.

The most destructive or constructive actions begin with a single thought.

I never lie- except for the few times I do in fact lie, but it's never intentional, and i'm totally telling the truth right now" She raised her right hand "promise".

What you know and feel matters, but what you do matters more." —Troika

deeply. I was just refilling my glass, with every intention of dumping the contents in Lucius's face to wake him up, when he raced into the kitchen, a wild glaze in his ice-blue eyes. He stilled when he spied me. "I now own you," were the first words out of my mouth. "You're bought and paid for.

Accept good advice gracefully--as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.

Every path serves a purpose.