Quotes About Intention

You may be thinking that a bag is just a thing in which to put other things. And you're right, of course. But that's what makes them so extraordinary. A bag has no intentions or desires of its own, it embraces every object that we ask it to hold. You trust the bag, and it, in return, trusts you. To me, a bag is patience; a bag is profound discretion.

I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.

Karma operates not so much as some external credit-and-debit ledger but more as an energy, a charge that grows over time. This is how even small acts of generosity, especially when motivated by the best intention, can become causes for much greater wealth in the future.

Mind is the forerunner of all actions.

Our own well-being and the well-being of those around us depends on being guided by the right priorities,

the principle of karma, the law of cause and effect. There can be no effect, such as success, without a cause.

even small acts of generosity, especially when motivated by the best intention, can become causes for much greater wealth in the future.

Everything begins with intention,

Your system is perfectly designed to give you the results you're getting.

you know, if I ruled the world, which I fully intend to do one day by the way, first thing I'd do...

Just kidding' was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word.

This is me.'" He handed her the precious scrap of paper. 'Call me or I'll call you, but one of us will call, yes? What I mean is it's not a competition. You don't lose if you phone first.

Intentional actions, repeated over and over, become habits. Habitual ways of thinking, feeling, acting, and reacting construct and compose my sense of of self: the Kind of person I am. The kind of person I am does not fully determine what occurs to me but strongly affects what happens and how I respond to it.

People are "punished" or "rewarded" not for what they have done but for what they have become, and what we intentionally do is what makes us what we are.

listen for the intention of what people say and ignore the words.

Most people think of love as a feeling but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present.

To will is truly to want something, to choose both the goal and the means to goal. This means accepting the work and the risks involved in seeing something through. To wish, on the other hand, is only to be enamored of the goal.

Human beings are not made to take shortcuts,... You're to live your life, moment by moment. Your life isn't here to entertain you - it's to be lived.

even a pawn must not be sacrificed to no purpose.

Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.

Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.

Most people already know what they are supposed to do, but they choose not to do it.

We don't feel like that's a good faith offer, because it seems more like you're just trying to save money on cockroaches.

Being human, they often confuse the World–soul's intention with their most basic desires.