Quotes About Intention

We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but because it issues from a good intention.

I believe you can make forces of good and evil work for you, to get what you want.

I firmly believe that we're all good people, but sometimes it's hard to understand how to do good.

Veganism gives people an actual chance to DO SOMETHING instead of adding more cement (good intentions) to pave that road to Hell.

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions.

Plant as many good thoughts as you can in each day.

When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea.

If we want to be better than normal we must move from good intentions to what I call God intentions.

We have a choice every day — to act on yesterday's good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow's regrets.

Good intentions are impotent unless based on reality.

An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences.

The propensity to do good things is a choice.

The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes.

Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action!

people think they have to be good before they can act good. But ... it works just as well the other way 'round.

Many people put a green button on their collar and feel good, just like a lot of people put an American flag on their lapels and feel patriotic. It's not enough.I'm not dismissing it.

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers.

What I do as an art form is try to make people feel good and if I do try to make them feel bad, it's for a reason. There's something I am trying to say.

So many people say, "I'm a good person!" Like, why are you a good person? To be a good person you have to actively be good.

Stay aligned with your intentions and your good will find you.

I would say to young entrepreneurs and budding philanthropists - are you giving to feel good or do good?

Learn to be good for something.

Once I started focusing on the things I wanted, they all started coming true.