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Quotes About Intention

It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.
~ Jean Jacques Rosseau
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.
~ Jean Jacques Rousseau
You must be present to win." And that's what this book is about—being present in our lives to gain the happiness we deserve, for ourselves and equally for others.
~ Jean Smith
Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.
~ Jean Toomer
trop fameux Gott mit uns, aujourd'hui repris par George Bush dans le cadre de sa lutte contre l'« axe du Mal », l'homme justifie ses intentions belliqueuses en utilisant la religion à ses propres fins, et n'hésite pas à déclarer la guerre en son nom. Une pratique mal décelée dans le bouddhisme, encore que ce soit en terre bouddhique que se sera perpétrée, on l'a dit, la folle aventure génocidaire de Pol Pot. Une
~ Jean-Marie Pelt
The impact of human intention on physical systems within as well as outside the body has been scientifically demonstrated and reveals a shortcoming of the conventional medical paradigm and highlights a strength of the energy medicine paradigm.
~ Jed Diamond
Be careful what you wish for, not because you'll get it but because you'll be turned into the thing that can get it. It's not a process where you just ask for something and it magically appears, it's a process that breaks you down and rebuilds you into the right tool for the job.
~ Jed McKenna
If something needs doing, there will come a time when I feel like doing it. If that time doesn't come, it doesn't get done and didn't need doing.
~ Jed McKenna
Here's the thing about life, you get back what you put into it. Life is defined by what we choose to do with it, the things we commit to, and where we dedicate our time. Life rewards those who work harder, who care more, who give it their best, then give a little more.
~ Jeff Fisher
Choose words that will point you in the direction of your goals.
~ Jeff Keller
Choose words that will point you in the direction of your goals. — Jeff Keller
~ Jeff Keller
If one intended to pamper oneself, she had long believed, half measures weren't worth the trouble.
~ Jeff Mariotte
take care with what you think. Because what you think, multiplied by action plus time, will create what you get.
~ Jeff Olson
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." —Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ Jeff Olson
Write your dreams down; make them vivid and specific; give them a concrete timeline for realization;
~ Jeff Olson
Boyd wasn't scared of clowns. Never had been. He thought their antics were delightfully amusing, just as they intended.
~ Jeff Strand
I knew these elements were intended for me and me alone. There were no endearments, but I understood in part because of this restraint. He knew how much I hated words like love .
~ Jeff Vandermeer
You can't trust how I'll get somewhere, but you have to trust I know where I'm going. I always know where I'm going.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
Never do something for just one reason.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
Mandy! What's your goal in life? Visualize it! When you visualize, you materialize.
~ Elinor Lipman
I have gained and sustained my optimism as a humble student of our living universe, our living Earth, which clearly shows us the way out of our adolescent crisis into a mature global future. The sooner we create our vision of all we desire, set our intention to implement it together, and put our individual capacities into collective action, the greater our chances of success.
~ Elisabet Sahtouris
If he had loved her he would have pursued her.
~ Elisabeth Elliot
Thus, one of the obstacles that lay in the path of the missionaries was partly overcome. A presentation of gifts seemed the obvious next step. Perhaps a carefully-planned, regular program of gift-drops, made over a period of time, would show the Indians that the intentions of these white men were friendly, and the repetition would gradually convince them.
~ Elisabeth Elliot