Quotes About Intent

It's not how long you live that matters. It's what you live for.

Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.

It's not how long you live that matters. It's what you live for. -Josephine to Apollo (Trials of Apollo: Book 2 The Dark Prophecy)

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

Knowing your purpose focuses your life.

I have said it before, but I don't think I have ever came so near meaning it.

I'm presuming, though, that breaking and entering isn't your intent, unless you bring a lawyer in tow, should you be caught." He pursed his lips. "That could be convenient.

If you look closely enough, every decision has its roots in what a person wants. Scratch the surface, and you'll find a reason behind every action.

Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.

Intention is power. Intention is ownership. Intention is commitment. Intention is magic.

Wish' is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.

Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy.

When I'm wrong it's never meant for you, so don't confuse my love with what I do.

The self-evident truths announced in the Declaration of Independence are not truths at all, if taken literally; and the practical conclusions contained in the same passage of that Declaration prove that they were never designed to be so received.

Your real intent should be not to die with weapons uselessly worn at your side.

Be thy intents wicked or charitable,Thou com'st in such a questionable shapeThat I will speak to thee.

I will tell you my drift.

We have the best chance of communicating our thoughts if we are sincere and speak from the heart, without hidden intent.

Organizing a coup was not the same as wanting one.

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

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

A memorandum is written to protect the writer - not to inform his reader.

The purpose of meaning is the meaning of purpose.

Know what you desire, but, more importantly, why you desire it. That why was where the trick lay, I realized. Why was a land of trapdoors and hidden places, trees and rocks that looked like one thing, but were actually another.