Quotes About Intention

I don't hurt other people intentionally. I'm not a bad person. I have a decent job. So I like to put on high heels and a little dress. Does that make me a monster? -Edgar Saturnino, 24 (Lamentations 5:23)

I'm sorry, but nothing 'just happens'. Stuff happens because either we make it happen or we let it.

be aware of the fact that words, in and by themselves, have no reality, except in terms of the context in which they are used, in terms of the intentions and the character of the one who uses them.

Amar a alguien no es meramente un sentimiento poderoso -es una decisión, es un juicio, es una promesa-.

Exploitation was not personal any more, but it had become anonymous, as it were. It was the law of the market that condemned a man to work for starvation wages, rather than the intention or greed of any one individual. Nobody was responsible or guilty, nobody could change conditions either. One was dealing with the iron laws of society, or so it seemed.

Er steckte den Zwanzigmarkschein ein. Jetzt saß die Mutter im Zug, und bald musste sie den anderen Zwanzigmarkschein finden, den er ihr in die Handtasche gelegt hatte. Mathematisch gesehen war das Ergebnis gleich Null. Denn nun besaßen beide dieselbe Summe wie vorher. Aber gute Taten lassen sich nicht stornieren. Die moralische Gleichung verläuft anders als die arithmetische.

There were thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom were convinced that they were acting for the best—

Okay, so maybe she had entertained the idea once--or nine hundred times--of cupping his backside and giving a nice, hard little squeeze, but she would never act on it. Probably. She was pretty sure. But definitely, if she did, she would know it. Savor it. Make it count.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Yo no quería darte un beso de despedida ese era el problema . Quería darte un beso de buenas noches. Hay una gran diferencia

I'm sorry. I've got a nasty tongue. I never mean it when I say nasty things.

In the business world I had been used to "making things happen" and focusing on results. I was continually pushing or pulling the outcomes of events and circumstances rather than focusing my highest intention and then allowing the optimum outcome to unfold.

It is no small thing that Paul says that only with this new mind can you become a new you. So often the will of God is described as something to be received rather than something that must be perceived. Paul tells us that when our minds are renewed, it is then and only then that we are able to test and approve what the will of God is. When we see the world from this new mind, we will see that God's intention for us is good and pleasing and perfect.

The most important things in life rarely come with urgency. It may seem counter intuitive, but the most important things in life are easily pushed to the back burner.

The most spiritual activity you will engage in today is making choices.

Cuando Jesús preguntó a los hombres "¿Qué quieren que haga por ustedes?", no fue porque Jesús no lo supiera, sino porque necesitaba que ellos declararan lo que querían que Él hiciera por ellos.

The warrior lives to fulfill God's intention that the world would reflect all that is good and beautiful and true.

Humanity is God's culminating act of creativity, designed with the highest intention to reflect most personally the likeness of God. Ironically, we who were created with the highest intention were also created with the capacity to deny, betray, or demean that intention. Whereas a horse will always live as a horse is intended to live, humans may live inhumane lives.

he never discouraged the disciples from wanting to be first; he just told them what first looks like in his economy: If you want to be first, then you must be last. If you want to be first, you must become the servant of all. He didn't try to diminish their ambition; he tried to redirect their intention.

I help them learn how to relinquish control intentionally, as a means of personal growth and self-discovery

The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself. You do not wait for fulfillment, but brace yourself for failure.

I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.

The absolute truth is that if you don't know what you want, you won't get it. So

The absolute truth is that if you don't know what you want, you won't get it.