Quotes About Intention

Do you think God wants a waterfall to be a tree?

The only way to get somewhere, you know, is to figure out where you're going before you go there.

It is crucial to realize that your ability to form strong and loving bonds can betray you if you do not intentionally pace a new relationship.

It isn't about what you do, but how you do it

The smallest good dead is better than the best intention

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.

If we are not careful, it is all too easy to fall into becoming more of a human doing than a human being, and forget who is doing all the doing, and why.

Rather, it is bearing in mind what is most important to you so that it is not lost or betrayed in the heat and reactivity of a particular moment.

The only way we have of influencing the future is to own the present, however we find it.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." His deepest conviction: "To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts…. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face?

If I can't do anything useful, at least I would like to do as little harm as possible.

are using the word practice here in a special way. It does not mean a rehearsal or a perfecting of some skill so that we can put it to use at some other time. In the meditative context, practice means "being in the present on purpose." The means and the end of meditation are really the same. We are not trying to get somewhere else, only working

nous sommes invités, par le moment présent, à nous connecter avec l'intention d'incarner de notre mieux le calme, la pleine conscience et la sérénité ici et maintenant.

How you are in relationship to this moment influences the quality and character of the next moment. In this way, we can shape the future by taking care of the present. What a remarkable opportunity.

It involves intentionally doing only one thing at a time and making sure I am here for it.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts…. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face?

If the Christian life seems boring, I suggest you may be DOING IT WRONG!

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.

Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do.

Watch over me, Father, so that everything I do may be with the intention of pleasing Jesus.

The tiger lies low not from fear, but for aim. ~Wren

It's important to only think about what you desire, not what you fear.

Fear is a psychic tyrant that has no intention of letting its slave go free. It will say whatever it needs to say to confuse your thinking... It will always seek to preserve itself.