Quotes About Intentionality

Put another way: minimalists don't mind missing out on small things; what worries them much more is diminishing the large things they already know for sure make a good life good.

What would I do differently if I could do it all over again? I would put more emphasis on being a better husband and father. To the church or the university I would whip out a lot more noes, and a lot more yesses to my family. I would eradicate almost all of the 'Daddy's-too-busies,' and the 'later, darlings,' from my vocabulary.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity. I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail.

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not these fifty things I dabble in.

My life is really precious. I don't want to spend it watching ambient TV that just drifts through you. I've got better things to do.

There is somewhat of a skill to that and an intentionality in practice to be able to not just run your route to catch the ball, but also run your route to catch the ball and know where people are so you can run afterwards.

Love is easy early on...it's when feelings ebb and flow and the busyness of life creeps in that real love shines through in small conscious choices.

Life is too short to just go through the motions.

Only some things are worth doing well. Most things that are worth doing are only worth doing sloppily. Many things aren't worth doing at all. Anything not worth doing at all is certainly not worth doing well.

Intentionality. To cultivate a positive attitude is to take a large step on the path of mastery in relationships. In addition, mental toughness (the ability to focus on a problem or a long-term goal) combined with openness and imagination (the ability to see options and visualize desired states) can be applied to relationships as well as to sports, or anything else.

Intentionality fuels the master's journey. Every master is a master of vision.

Aware of it or not, each of us is involved in the grand enterprise of evolution. The new information being generated in each of our lives contributes inevitably to the ever-increasing complexity and richness of the universe. Our key choice is whether to become aware of and take responsibility for the power of our intentionality.

Life is too short to be in a hurry." If we are always on the go, we are reacting to the exigencies of day-to-day life rather than allowing ourselves the space to create a happy life.

It's imperative that we limit overtly recreational activities that do not lead to constructive results.

Spielberg shoots with one camera. The Coens, and I think this is right, maybe discarded one shot on 'No Country for Old Men.' That's something you want to aspire to, because nothing's out of place. Everything's necessary.

Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.

Lo que descubrirás si aceptas este reto es que has pasado la mitad de tu vida inconsciente, es decir, ignorante a un nivel consciente de lo que estás eligiendo como tus pensamientos, palabras y acciones, hasta que experimentas sus consecuencias; luego, cuando experimentas sus resultados, niegas que tus pensamientos, palabras y acciones tuvieron algo que ver con ellos.

Once you stop rushing through life, you will be amazed how much more life you have time for.

I don't leave things like recovery to chance! I have learned from the best, after all - my father and uncle!

Be effective not just efficient. Do right things not just things right.

A man should eat slowly, properly, even if he eats alone.

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in.

I disapprove of this text now, but when I was little it bespoke the awesome oracular intentionality of prophets whose courage and confidence allowed them to scrap the old ways and start fresh: urban renewal architects; engineers of traffic flow; foretellers of monorails, paper clothing, food in capsule form, programmed learning, and domes over Hong Kong and Manhattan.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with—that's poverty—but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)